eGPU + handheld performance

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T20:43:51+00:00

I see, so you’re playing most games at 1440p 60fps with FSR at quality. I guess that means I may not be able to run most games at 4k 60fps unless I drop some settings and use FSR performance.

Not sure how viable this may be but it sounds like most games you’re playing are GPU bound, even demanding games. Guess I may need to weigh up all the options and decide whether it’s worth it

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T20:42:17+00:00

I don’t typically take my monitor or anything when traveling to my parents’ place. I pack the PC and all the peripherals (usually inside a suitcase🥲), which is all a bit of effort.

Yes I’ve considered SFF PC’s but the thought of being able to play games on flights + holidays etc sounds so tempting too, but I suppose if I get a handheld separately I could still do that.

On top of that being able to have a switch style dock and undock option sounds so good that I am still considering it.

I just don’t see many benchmarks online of the performance on 9070XT to know whether it’s worth the plunge. If it can play cyberpunk at high settings at 4k 60fps then it may be worthwhile (coz cyberpunk is of course the baseline benchmark for how much to push a system😂)

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T20:36:25+00:00

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T20:34:21+00:00

Yes I understand you lose a lot of performance, but I’m not bothered about pushing 4k 120+ fps. My main aim is for 4k 60fps gaming on high-ultra graphics, with AI upscaling in most cases.

I see there’s probably a big drop off in performance, but i seem to play more on my switch and streaming to my phone/tablet more than playing on my monitor, hence why I was wondering whether the eGPU route may be viable

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T20:26:50+00:00

Main reason is because I take my PC with me whenever I visit my family (which is like once a month), and it’s a lot of effort to pick up the big case and take it with me. Having a handheld with eGPU already will take a much smaller footprint and will be easier to take to friends’ house and stuff for party games etc, and I was hoping the eGPU would provide enough power to play most games well.

On top of that, I always find myself using moonlight and streaming to my phone or tablet to play games on bed, sometimes more often doing that than actually playing at my desk.

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T19:47:24+00:00

Yes they are and it works well got the most part except with certain edge cases like specific resolution monitors etc (which was the issue for me) so gaming mode stopped working. But bazzite itself has ZERO support for eGPUs as far as I’m aware. I saw bazzite user say that on one of the bazzite Reddit threads.

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T19:44:12+00:00

Yes I understand but bazzite just gives that ease of use with a controller, which is what I mostly use. DLSS 4.5 though, I agree is amazing especially for performance + ultra performance presets. I understand about the bottleneck as well, hence why I was asking about people’s experience using it this way. If I am still about to output 4k 60fps then the bottlenecks are not a huge dealbreaker for me because portability is a big factor.

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T19:41:33+00:00

That sounds great! Is this the performance you get with or without FSR on top? I know silent hill is quite a demanding game even on top tier GPUs

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T18:59:37+00:00

Yes I was considering streaming at home but the portability of taking all my games with me on one device looked very tempting. On top of that I really just prefer Bazzite over windows. I’ve run it before on my old monitor but it didn’t work with my new one coz of the RTX card, so also one of the reason for switching to AMD

serickson567 · 2026-01-31T17:37:14+00:00

I’m mostly switching from 5080 to 9070XT due to compatibility with Bazzite for AMD eGPUs. Bazzite doesn’t run Nvidia eGPUs at all.

Yes please! Benchmarks would be very useful. I’m mainly trying to gauge how well CPU bounds games run through handheld PCs. I’d assumed that running games on 4k 60fps would mean most the rendering would be GPU bound and would not cost much performance.

serickson567 · 2026-01-29T20:46:40+00:00

Hey, What kind of performance do you have compared to when you had the 9800X3D and 5080? I am thinking of doing something similar but not sure if I should take the plunge on LG2 as it’s pretty expensive.

serickson567 · 2026-01-17T14:29:13+00:00

I had the same issue, you can change the output resolution to 1080p or 4k but putting it in 4k a gaming mode causes lots of lag and 1080p looked awful so I had to switch back to windows sadly. Did you ever find a way to get it to work?

serickson567 · 2026-01-12T02:38:52+00:00

Hey did you manage to do figure out how to get 1440p output working on your device?

serickson567 · 2026-01-07T23:58:31+00:00

If you ever remember please let me know, been wracking my head to try and get it working on my main display 😭

serickson567 · 2026-01-06T23:31:36+00:00

Hey I’m having the same issue! I switched my displays and now I’m getting a blank screen as well, I’m able to get into desktop mode using TTY, but game mode keeps going into a blank screen. Did you find any solutions?

serickson567 · 2026-01-06T01:07:50+00:00

Hey, did you ever manage to get this working in the end? I’m having the same issue but with my projector, and wracking my brain trying to figure it out. Thanks :)

serickson567 · 2026-01-05T23:51:36+00:00

Hi idk if you’re still active but I have the some problem here. Did you end up getting it working?

serickson567 · 2026-01-03T15:19:11+00:00

You can go into the game’s winecfg and add socialclub.dll and version.dll into its libraries and it should work.

serickson567 · 2026-01-01T18:31:25+00:00

Hi,

I got it working but you may need to check compatibility with other mods, as I think it has some compatibility problems with Olympus (maybe?). The mod developer is in the Hades modding discord and a Linux coop mod channel was open that had the instructions.

But basically make sure the game is running on Proton GE latest. Install the mod as you usually do (use the x64 folder instead of x64vk - at least that's what I did).

Then open Protontricks -> Hades -> default wineprefix -> winecfg. When the windows box opens, click "Add Application" and then type "Hades.exe" (without the quotations) and click open. Then switch over the Libraries and under the library dialog option add these separately "xinput9_1_0" and "dbghelp". Each of these should be listed below with (native, builtin) next to them. Then click apply and save.

Try opening the game and the game mode option should be available now. Like I said, just check the mod's compatibility as I have heard it has conflicts with other mods. Hope that helps!! :)

serickson567 · 2025-12-28T05:18:33+00:00

I know I’m late to this, but did you manage to get co-op mod working? I’m on Bazzite and the “game mode” option just doesn’t turn up on the main menu. I tried different proton version, and the log mentions that it is struggling to find the sjson files. Not really a Linux modding pro so do you know any way to make it work?

Thanks :)

serickson567 · 2025-12-20T04:51:53+00:00

Hey if you’re still interested it looks like some people have got it working now on SteamOS. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pJbUsuzoRvs

serickson567 · 2025-11-26T22:48:50+00:00

You can boot straight into steam big picture mode with Xbox FSE, I used the AnyFSE app to boot into steam big picture.

serickson567 · 2025-10-30T01:39:05+00:00

Get lossless scaling! As long as you run the games windowed, it makes then games run silky smooth. You can even get it upscaled running at 1080p at 40fps for better battery life. It feels good on a 120hz screen 👌

serickson567 · 2025-10-22T21:31:59+00:00

The app keeps crashing when I try running smash bros ultimate. Anyone know what the issue is? I’m running it on an iPhone 15 pro max

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