very bad game performance on arch with xfce4 | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 9:49 AM

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i get only 20-30 fps on counter strike 1.6 while on windows i used to get 60+

tidal ginkgo May 12, 2023, 10:44 AM

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note: csgo doesnt save game settings in the cloud

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 10:45 AM

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1.6

tidal ginkgo May 12, 2023, 10:48 AM

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ah

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still doesnt transfer

tidal ginkgo May 12, 2023, 10:48 AM

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shadow wagon 1.6

did you install drivers

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also what gpu

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 10:58 AM

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igpu

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gta vice city runs fine

west topaz May 12, 2023, 11:40 AM

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What drivers did you install and what is your GPU

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Also are mesa and 32 bit mesa installed

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Those provide OpenGL, which is what GoldSrc uses for hardware acceleration

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 11:48 AM

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i also tried cs source

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gives black screen

west topaz May 12, 2023, 11:55 AM

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Sounds like a driver issue to me

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 11:55 AM

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well

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how do i install it

west topaz May 12, 2023, 11:55 AM

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Install lib32-mesa

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 11:55 AM

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ok

west topaz May 12, 2023, 11:55 AM

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shadow wagon how do i install it

What iGPU do you have?

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 11:55 AM

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its already installed

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 11:56 AM

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west topaz What iGPU do you have?

intel hd graphics

west topaz May 12, 2023, 11:56 AM

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shadow wagon intel hd graphics

xf86-video-intel

west topaz May 12, 2023, 11:56 AM

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shadow wagon its already installed

lib32 mesa? Not just mesa.

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 11:56 AM

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yes

dusty jay May 12, 2023, 12:35 PM

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if you had xf86-video-intel installed, uninstall it and try.
unless your GPU is older and needs it for some reason, it is an inferior driver and the default driver in kernel is better

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:36 PM

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i didnt

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before i installed it

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it ran at 20-30 fps

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now it runs kinda fine

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40-50

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but still not as good as it ran on windows 7

dusty jay May 12, 2023, 12:38 PM

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try running it with vulkan?

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:39 PM

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how

dusty jay May 12, 2023, 12:40 PM

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using steam?

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-vulkan
in the game's settings, in launch options

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pacman -Qs vulk
to check if you have the relevant vulkan packages installed

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:42 PM

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oh god

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it runs worse

sacred thistle May 12, 2023, 12:42 PM

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Turn off compositing

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Xfwm doesn't turn it off automatically for fullscreen applications

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:42 PM

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how

sacred thistle May 12, 2023, 12:42 PM

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In the settings app

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go to the window manager settings

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and turn it off

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:45 PM

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now its off

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i get 50-60 fps

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now

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why doesnt cs source work?

dusty jay May 12, 2023, 12:48 PM

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pacman -Qs vulk
did you check this?
vulkan should run better

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:48 PM

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ok

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dusty jay May 12, 2023, 12:50 PM

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ok looks fine.
try again without xf86-video-intel ?

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after removing, check lspci -k | grep -A 3 VGA to make sure i915 driver is used

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 12:51 PM

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dusty jay May 12, 2023, 12:51 PM

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try the game again 🙏

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with -vulkan

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btw it will stutter only in the beginning probably

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for compiling shader cache

sacred thistle May 12, 2023, 12:53 PM

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shadow wagon

Get used to uninstalling packages with the s flag pacman -Rs so you don't end up with too much unneeded dependencies

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 1:07 PM

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okay

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 1:34 PM

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dusty jay btw it will stutter only in the beginning probably

now it doesnt load in maps

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like

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i open the console

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type map de_dust2

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and it would crash

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my whole laptop

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runs ok without the -vulkan flag

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but lags when moving my mouse

dusty jay May 12, 2023, 1:45 PM

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👍

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the atom seems like a weak one, surprised it runs so well in windows

shadow wagon May 12, 2023, 1:46 PM

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yeah

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