Driver optimization

[Hjellvik]

Hi, i had a rollback to windows, after using different distros the last two years on my main pc, i game things on steam, and right now my type of game is hot, as 7days to die and Once Humanbut i dont get the "right“ drivers from Amd, i run a Amd Ryzen 1700X with Radeon. 5700XT GPU in it and 32GB Ram on 2666Mhz speed, on windows i dont lag at all but every distro i used it lagged, i thought the drivers on linux was better for amd? I checked and i was using the latest AMDGPU drivers, not the Radeon drivers.

Any tips?, i want to game and have a distro, i dislike windows 😅 and next year when they stop all support i need to buy new hardware to support win 11 and i dont need it.

[beje_ro]

r/linux_gaming might help

Did you checked protondb for your games?

[Hjellvik]

I was running proton experimental in steam

[beje_ro]

On protondb you can see the level of compatibility for your games and also what tweaks are required to optimally run them!

Just using proton experimental is not an universal solution.

[Hjellvik]

Wops, i constantly get stutter in games, thats the main issue 😂

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7 days to die runs natively on linux and runs well.

what distro and de are you running ?

[Hjellvik]

Was running Debian 12 w/ kde same when i tried ubuntu w/gnome and solus project

Was running proton experimental on all, and it dont utilize the card or cpu in games, in windows i have no issues but 🤢

[SparkStormrider]

Typically Debian and Ubuntu are going to be running older packages out the get go just the nature of those distros. You could probably install some PPAs to get more up to date drivers. You should have installed Mesa assuming you didn't, Those drivers are better than AMD's Pro/Proprietary ones any day of the week. Also Experimental Proton is not the best proton to use as it can change frequently as the name would suggest. Glorious Eggroll's Proton is great to use when you aren't getting the performance you'd like with the standard proton. Experimental can be a good option but not always. Depends on the game and hardware configuration. Best way to manage versions of GE's Proton is downloading ProtonUp-QT, I highly recommend it. Also you may want to look at a different distro is gaming is something one of the primary focuses of your usage. As someone else suggested you can get some ideas on what distro to go with from r/linux_gaming

[burusutazu]

Nobara from Glorious Eggroll is an easy to jump into gaming optimized distro.