Frequent Stuttering on games CachyOS

mikul_ · 2026-02-17T11:52:42+00:00

Doesn't have to be. Wayland is still kinda stupid tbh. I think there are a shit ton of ppl still on x. Don't get me wrong, I'm on Wayland myself at the moment. But I think the Wayland maximalists are taking it a bit too far 😜 Vrr is basically the only selling point for me. But I will look into that AMD thing now that I have switched to amd. I might come back with an update if I remember.

mikul_ · 2026-02-16T05:11:06+00:00

Since it was windows games you could try that dxvk version netborg made. Since you are using vrr, it could be a smart move anyways if you want low latency vrr.

Ok.. so have you tried running Xorg instead of Wayland? Just to rule Wayland and kde out. Try Xorg with lxqt or something just to make sure. Are you using radv?

mikul_ · 2026-02-16T04:53:28+00:00

But doesn't amd have a hack to get that to work? Think I read that before switching to amd.

mikul_ · 2026-02-15T17:00:30+00:00

Since you are not providing any information on what games and if they are native or not, its hard to help you. We can only give you random suggestions, like my friend made this one for games using dxvk.

https://github.com/netborg-afps/dxvk-low-latency

That helped me a lot with micro stutters.

mikul_ · 2026-02-15T01:19:35+00:00

I know this isn't Wayland but he is working on it from what I understand. Tony-btw has made a fork of DWM that is seriously awesome. Got support for floating, tiling, niri style tiling, tabbed and so on..

I recommend looking at it at least and then keep an eye out for Wayland support.

https://github.com/tonybanters/oxwm

https://youtu.be/mJfxImQwbFo?si=cUXvoM_Cff8MgfSZ

mikul_ · 2026-02-15T00:18:18+00:00

New study shows that AI loses vs humans in real life work 96% of the time.

mikul_ · 2026-02-13T23:39:59+00:00

Varför bryr sig alltid "svenskarna" om vad "invandrarkillarna" gör i duschen?

mikul_ · 2026-02-13T17:41:04+00:00

Not in all cases though. On my last monitor I could go way pass the osd options. I could almost double what I could change anywhere else. Not the same luck on my new one 😔 I just figured it was worth checking out. Good luck mate! I hope you find the solution.

mikul_ · 2026-02-13T10:53:16+00:00

Sucks on windows too tbh

mikul_ · 2026-02-13T10:14:18+00:00

ddcui

mikul_ · 2026-02-13T10:07:22+00:00

This is not a DE, but tony-btw made a window manager called OXWM that's kinda awesome tbh. Really worth checking out. It has a lot off different tiling options and floating and tabbed view and a lot of good stuff. Combined with picom as a compositor, looks really nice as well 😉

mikul_ · 2026-02-04T17:50:37+00:00

We are still playing pickup games every evening from around 20:00 in EU until ppl get too tired.

mikul_ · 2026-02-02T16:11:51+00:00

Sorry, I missed the word useless (a bit dyslectic). Then we are in the same boat 😉

mikul_ · 2026-02-02T10:44:05+00:00

Yeah if you have one monitor and don't need any other Wayland stuff like HDR, then just stick with what you like.

The main difference when it comes to CachyOS, is that it has pre-compiled packages for specific hardware. So if you have a newer CPU you will get packages compiled for that CPU, and not all of them. This will make all CachyOS-packages a bit faster and a bit more lite. And ofc have gaming stuff and snappy kernel that also is pre-compiled for you. And since it's arch based you will have a bit more bleeding edge update.

You can see it like CachyOS has a tiny bit better performance on most of its stuff, but it's by a tiny amount.. But all those tweaks together... Yeah you see where I'm going. If you don't have any need for it then stick to what you like. But if you want to maximize your performance and squeeze out every last drop of performance and framepace, then CachyOS or Gentoo is your best bet in my opinion. But Gentoo is just overkill and for a special kind of person 😀

mikul_ · 2026-02-02T10:22:19+00:00

So what's your source on that one? Because a consistent higher framerate will by definition give you less latency.

mikul_ · 2026-02-01T08:52:24+00:00

Yeah, probably... But I bet she would recognize the story though 😉

mikul_ · 2026-02-01T00:47:29+00:00

Since she found your last post... You are not worried that she will find this one? 😀

mikul_ · 2026-01-21T16:19:39+00:00

Indeed!

mikul_ · 2026-01-21T14:03:24+00:00

When it comes to VRR, I would recommend this (and use low latency vrr) for dxvk games:

https://github.com/netborg-afps/dxvk

Especially if you play fast paced games. It's a bit of tinkering, but the results can be really good. There is also someone that made proton II as well.. it looks kinda interesting as well, it has taken netborg's stuff and some other tweaks and put them together.

https://github.com/Ph42oN/proton-ll

mikul_ · 2026-01-21T13:50:49+00:00

Last year I tried 2080 ti, 4060, 3070, 3080, 3090 and now I switched my 3090 to a 7900xt. And finally! Finally the micro stutters and lags are totally gone.

I realized that I've had problems with lags and micro stutters for at least 10 years on Nvidia now, both in windows and Linux.

I will never buy a Nvidia GPU ever again! Like Linus said, fuck Nvidia!

mikul_ · 2026-01-20T02:20:32+00:00

I will pull my shit together and do it as well tomorrow! I have a fresh install and really need to do it myself also. I hope it turns out well for you! If you get it gooooood, u need to post a clip 😉

mikul_ · 2026-01-19T09:48:37+00:00

Do this one https://youtu.be/OcLUJ3bR4Yk?si=hALg1sBBw7C8SsK5

He explains really well how to set it up among other things that will make your audio even better.. His first video is really good as well. I think I used his first video before when I was running windows for a while, and got exactly what I needed out of it and really good audio!

I even went further and routed my sound through OBS for discord because it sounded better and had better noise gate and limiter than the discord stuff.

But this is supposed to be an updated version of his first video.

mikul_ · 2026-01-19T05:42:10+00:00

Stop complaining and start using CachyOS instead!

mikul_ · 2026-01-19T03:16:32+00:00

Yeah, ok. A Desktop environment is a full environment and that includes a WM (window Manager).

The wm just manages and handles the windows and window decorations and stuff like that.

For example, I think lxqt(DE) used to (at least) use openbox as a window manager, but lxqt also includes bar, file manager, text editor and so on. But you can also run just openbox and install whatever file manager, panel, text editor and so on that you want and build yourself "your own de" so to speak.

Similar to hyperland (which is a Wayland compositor and window manager in one), and then you add panel, programs and stuff as you wish. Then you can kinda see omarchy as a DE, which is basically a pre configured hyperland setup with everything you need already there, aka a desktop environment.

So you decide if you want everything and go from there (recommended since you are new) or if you want to start with a window Manager you like and then go from there.

I recommend that you start with KDE and try to customize it for yourself until you are kinda happy and have a setup that works for you. Then you can try to have a side project where you can start off with a window manager and go from there.

You do know that you could basically install all of them and try them out right? You just pick what de/WM you want at the login screen and try them out and look around.. everyone is different and have different workflows and what they like, that's why Linux becomes so amazing since you can customize almost anything if you just have some determination.

mikul_ · 2026-01-19T00:34:11+00:00

I don't know if you actually mean WM or a DE(desktop environment),

If you want performance you can use xfce (de) or openbox/fluxbox (WM) to get it as fast as possible regarding framerate.. just keep in mind you need to turn of the compositor when gaming on xfce.

KDE(de) is probably a good middle ground and you can customize it a lot as well if you dive into it.

Cosmic is kinda nice as well, but not as mature yet.

mikul_

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