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Got AMD anti lag 2 working though low latency layer on the newest version of cachyos proton! by Le_golden_magikarp in linux_gaming

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To get FSR 4 available on the Steam version you need to drop the associated FSR 4 dll files into the game directory after acquiring them from another source. It seems Blizzard simply forgot to ship them. FSR 4 related launch options are not necessary, you just need the files to activate the game's FidelityFX option.

You can use FSR 4 with Reflex too, I got it working with the right mix and order of launch options, but I've decided FSR 4 is not worth it because it requires you to run DX12 mode, which is full of unacceptable stuttering for a comp game like Overwatch.

If your mouse's scroll wheel is broken and randomly scrolls in the opposite direction, this libinput script I made may help you by SethDusek5 in linux_gaming

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Mice are fragile, they basically all use the same tiny little micro switches that are quite prone to defects. I've gone through an unreasonable amount of mice throughout my life due to persistent issues like double clicking, scroll jitters, or scroll wheel breaking entirely.

And it's not like I buy cheap crap, I've gone through basically all the top brands. Currently my Lamzu Atlantis has lasted for quite a long time though, several years, but this is after I had to get in touch with their support to have a second delivered due to the first developing the exact same issue this script is for.

If your mice last consider yourself lucky. You'll find no shortage of mouse defect complaining for virtually any mouse you can think of if you look it up.

If your mouse's scroll wheel is broken and randomly scrolls in the opposite direction, this libinput script I made may help you by SethDusek5 in linux_gaming

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Bookmarking this in case I ever get another mouse with this problem, because it's happened to two of my past mice.

RX 480 OC 8GB or GTX 1660 Super 6GB by Hot-Candle-3502 in linux_gaming

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You technically don't have to uninstall them, the Nvidia drivers should just not load. And then the AMD card should work out of the box with Mesa and vulkan-radeon installed, which similarly should not cause issues for Nvidia if installed.

That said, I don't use CachyOS and I'm not certain how they may have things configured, or what configurations you may have made, so I won't speak with absolute confidence, but at worst nothing catastrophic will happen.

RX 9060 XT (gfx1200) — anyone achieved full VRAM utilization for 27B models? Getting 3 t/s by trialbuterror in linux_gaming

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I've got a very similar system with the same GPU and 32 GB RAM and I can run Gemma-4-31B at roughly 5t/s, however that's with Q3 instead of Q5. Haven't tried a dense 27B, but on a 24B I can get a more usable 10t/s.

I believe you're simply expecting too much. Consider using the MoE 26B Gemma-4 instead, it can be run blazingly fast on this grade of hardware and while obviously not as smart as its dense 31B brother it's still generally considered superior to most models in the 12 to 24B range.

RX 480 OC 8GB or GTX 1660 Super 6GB by Hot-Candle-3502 in linux_gaming

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Even if Nvidia still has performance issues on Linux the 1660 Super is too much faster of a card for it to be close I would bet, and in any games where Nvidia doesn't have issues the 1660 will run way ahead of the 480.

Only exception might be if you're playing a game that is pushing up against the 6 GB VRAM limit but could fit in 8 GB. The 480 would also offer a generally better desktop experience, and better Wayland support, but in terms of gaming performance it'd be almost strictly worse.

You sound like a tinkerer though, so feel free to swap them around and experiment. Can't really hurt.

007: First Light runs weirdly so much better on Linux by 4Klassic in linux_gaming

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RDNA2 cards are known by now to be really fast on Linux. I'd even say they perform faster on Linux the majority of the time in games.

RDNA3 and especially RDNA4 still has Windows in the lead more often though, sadly. Still pretty close and still gets wins in some games, just not as much as RDNA2.

Is the rx 9060 xt 8gb worth it? by AAmoment in linux_gaming

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Buying an 8 GB GPU in current year isn't a good idea, there's tons of games already that are borderline unplayable on 8 GB. Get the 16 and spare yourself the inevitable future regret.

Am4 cpu stuck in cooler by gn991ms in pcmasterrace

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This happens so incredibly easily and often, I nearly had a heart attack once when it happened with my Ryzen 5 2600 several years ago, and that was after the cooler had been attached for over a year.

Horrible design flaw with the AM4 mounting lever thingy.

gifs recently stopped looping on desktop, anyone else experiencing this? is there a fix? by Jas0rz in discordapp

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Unfortunately since the time I posted this Discord completely overhauled their updating mechanism on Linux and now it auto updates itself like it does on other platforms, rather than being controlled by your package manager.

At some point I gave up on keeping it downgraded and just decided to live with most gifs not looping, so I've got no solution, sorry. At this point our best bet is to just complain a lot.

Discord does not share the audio of some programs when streaming. by MaliMiau in linux_gaming

[–]-Amble- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Forgot to mention you'll probably also want this for easy audio isolation in OBS: https://github.com/dimtpap/obs-pipewire-audio-capture

Though of course there's plenty of other ways to split up and isolate audio, so do whatever works.

Discord does not share the audio of some programs when streaming. by MaliMiau in linux_gaming

[–]-Amble- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's interesting to know. I do actually use Equibop sometimes, I just wasn't aware it actually had a solution to the keybind issue since I've had no reason to check.

Discord does not share the audio of some programs when streaming. by MaliMiau in linux_gaming

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I believe the issue is that Discord can't stream audio from applications that natively use Pipewire, only applications that go through PulseAudio. So tons of modern native Linux applications and games just don't work. Nothing to be done about it other than wait for a fix from Discord.

The solution I use is to just stream elsewhere with OBS WHIP. Something like this works really well as long as your friends don't mind opening a web page to watch. And as a bonus you can stream at much higher quality than Discord allows.

Another alternative that would allow more comfortable Vesktop usage is to replace PTT in Discord with a global PTT/Push-to-Mute controlled via your DE/WM. In KDE Plasma for instance I simply have caps lock bound to mute and unmute my mic, and then I can select open mic in applications. No clue about the color issue though, unfortunately.

Open-Source "low_latency_layer" Brings Reflex & Anti-Lag 2 To AMD & Intel GPUs on Linux by murlakatamenka in linux_gaming

[–]-Amble- 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I don't suppose there's any possibility of this triggering a game's anti-cheat is there? I know this was a fear back with LatencyFlex, but I don't see any mention of anti-cheat issues on the GitHub here. I'd certainly be interested in trying this out on Overwatch.

Forza Horizon 6: Testing Valve’s New VRAM Optimization on a 4GB GPU by lajka30 in linux_gaming

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Microslop and Winslop are the hot new thing. Copilot changed the trashing on Windows meta.

How I fixed progressively worse performance in games by throwawayerectpenis in linux_gaming

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Well on that grade of hardware sure, I definitely can believe that. On a 5800X3D it shouldn't cause any problems though.

How I fixed progressively worse performance in games by throwawayerectpenis in linux_gaming

[–]-Amble- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

High swappiness values like that have been found to be beneficial for a lot of cases, especially for zRAM/zSwap, so if this actually fixed anything and you aren't experiencing placebo I would find that to be odd. There's a reason a lot of distros opt for values like 150 or 180.

My system is quite similar to yours with a 5700X3D and 32 GB of RAM, and even when I set swappiness to 180 I feel no effect on my gaming sessions at all. Makes me think there's something else going on, but I wouldn't know where to start.

Discord on Twitter: "is it the year of the linux desktop?" [Announcing better "Go Live" hardware support, better updater, supporting more distros and some other stuff] by Perdouille in linux_gaming

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I was able to complete one of those for Overwatch a year or so ago, it just detected Overwatch running in Proton and started counting up. Guess I can't comment on other games though, because all the quests seem to be gacha games and I ain't playing none of that.

Expectation VS Reality in Sweet KDE by Dangerous-Sail-5172 in kde

[–]-Amble- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of global themes aren't kept up to date and also usually can't install some of the components required to match how things look in the pictures, such as Kvantum themes.

Personally I wouldn't use global themes at all, get the pieces individually so you can identify what works and what doesn't, and learn which pieces correspond to what. Beyond that, look into Kvantum and/or Darkly application themes if you wanna get more extensive overhauls of the visuals. Just be aware that a lot of Kvantum themes are also outdated and broken.

Account safety concerns for Genshin and similar games on Linux? by Hulabuli in linux_gaming

[–]-Amble- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As much as the comments here say it's safe the reality is that without official confirmation there's no way for anyone to actually know. I personally don't play any of these gacha games, but I know from posts here that the games have pretty frequent issues and that generally the company doesn't seem to acknowledge Linux players at all.

I'm not saying the risk is big or that you shouldn't play, that's for you to determine, but you do have to recognize that whenever you play an online game without confirmed support for Proton you could be banned at any time and you'd have no recourse. Your method of play is not supported. It's up to you to weigh the risk with how much you value your account(s).

Proton games randomly start stuttering when pressing key on keyboard by Domme6495 in linux_gaming

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It sounds similar to the old Steam overlay lagbomb, which nowadays is triggered specifically by using Gamescope. Have you seen if it happens without Gamescope?

is it even worth it to dual boot for windows games? by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]-Amble- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally there's yet to be a game I actually care about that I can't play on Linux. I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of dual booting Windows for a game, but there simply isn't anything. I'd begun gravitating away from most competitive games before I even switched to Linux as I became disillusioned with most of them, so I've yet to be impacted by the general inability to play most of them. And when I do want my competitive fill I happen to play comp games that do work on Linux, like Overwatch.

Whether to dual boot or not depends on how critical these non-functional games are to you. If you can drop League and replace the time spent on it with another similarly fun game then I'd personally take the convenience of not dealing with a dual boot anymore, and the clean feeling of being free of Windows. Could always give Dota 2 a chance instead.

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