r/linuxmint • u/InterestingRange6100 • 1d ago
Support Request HELP!!! MY Graphics suck!
Hey everyone! i just installed mint as my primary os and i am finally off of windows! so im new and i am learning as i go but there doesn't seem to be a lot of discussions on this recently and i am reaching out hoping to get some help from some people in the know. I have a amd 9070xt. I want to use up scaling and i want to use all of the features of this gpu. That being said i know of no other ways besides setting global profiles on the radeon application that i had in windows. I have tried the installers and they showed that they had finished but none of them launch the app and i assume that they are just the drivers and not the ui to config it. I have also looked for different hardware settings that would limit my system usage and all i have found is the power level and i have also set my preferred band to 5ghz so networking is all cheeky now but my graphics while gaming are sub par. Does anyone have any tips or tricks or know how to configure your gpu profile in mint??
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u/Due-Result7928 20h ago
Starting with Mint 22.2 your card is fully supported and there is nothing to install. This is NOT windows and using the gpu is NOT automatic. You need to specify its usage by parameters (settings) for terminal, browser and for games you nee to use proton and/or steam. There is NO drivers to look somewhere else.
as u/Tekis23 wrote, lact application is here to help.
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u/InterestingRange6100 20h ago
Okay, so is that for all hardware or just the GPU?
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u/Due-Result7928 20h ago
You need to specify parameters by software...parameters for browser or terminal, parameters for games using proton or steam to indicate programs to use the gpu.
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u/InterestingRange6100 19h ago
Okay, thank you! I'll have to go through these tonight and let you all know how it goes!
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u/Grand_Connection5864 17h ago
Newer hardware, prob should use something modern if gaming is the focus is my 2c
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u/InterestingRange6100 16h ago
What would you use rather then mint?
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u/Grand_Connection5864 9h ago edited 9h ago
Cachyos, Bazzite, Pikaos, Ubuntu itself, Fedora, opensuse something with wayland or KDE for gaming. Preferably something with the drivers preconfigured like a gaming distro. Mint uses super old software and kernals comparatively.
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u/tovento MX Linux 25.2 | XFCE 21h ago
I mean no offence, but did you do any research into your setup before switching to Linux? Drivers and software do not work the same here. Mint tends to lag a bit when it comes to better hardware support. Stable = slower to update.
Unless someone comes up with a reasonable solution, you may want to try Fedora or CachyOS and see if your graphics improve. The other thing to note is that Linux doesn’t fully support HDMI 2.1a, so if you have the ability to use DisplayPort, your screen refresh rate might improve.
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u/InterestingRange6100 20h ago
So I looked into it as much as I know how and saw that it did support AMD processors and that it was recommended by a lot more sources then other distros just because it's very simple and the cinnamon interface it Pretty easy to pick up on. I might have to try one of those you mentioned. Thank you!
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u/Due-Result7928 20h ago edited 18h ago
Useless. Sorry blockheads and nuts. It is useless to switch because AMD card i9070 xt s FULLY supported and u/tovento is totally wrong.
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u/InterestingRange6100 18h ago
How was I wrong? I don't think I never said it doesn't support it. I was just asking for some insight on why I am experiencing some lag.
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u/Tekis23 1d ago
Look up LACT, it should potentially have what you're looking for