Gaming issues ig

[hasty marten]

hey guys ik this is really random been playing the finals on linux mint xfce now 50% of the time i have 30 fps flat i restart and this sometimes fixes it keep in mind i have a 3070ti none of my parts are bottlenecking so im guessing this is either a proton issue tbh i have 0 idea tried giving some AIs the info and seeing if they can help its all just are ur drivers installed yes they are i really have 0 idea what causing this as i restarted and it sometimes fixes it sometimes doesnt any info on why this would happen would mean alot as im very stuck 😭

oh and if it does fix it im back up to 120 fps ish around there were its spose to be 🙂

also currently using proton hotfix ive tried changing and have the same issue if theres any extra info that would help troubleshoot please lmk ❤️

there is inxi -Fz info ^

[cloud yarrow]

Sorry for such a question, but are you sure you ruled out drivers?

The log lists drivers: nouveau, nvidia, swrast

That could mean that multiple driver backends are available, and sometimes Proton can pick the wrong one (nouveau or swrast instead of proprietary nvidia).
If the game launches on swrast or gets stuck on a lower-power driver path, FPS would tank exactly like you're describing.
Restarting could "fix" it because Proton might reinitialize and load the proper Nvidia driver instead.

Maybe try forcing Nvidia as the only provider or you could try blacklisting the other drivers so they never load?

To force Nvidia you could try running sudo prime-select nvidia, if you haven't already

@hasty marten

[marble flame]

Thank you for trying to help, nothing to be sorry about.

[cloud yarrow]

Well, yeah, but if the person ruled out the drivers it would kinda be a "pointless" question

[hasty marten]

I mean i could be 100% wrong but when using the driver manager says no drivers needed so but if my log is saying otherwise you could be 100% right when running

user@user-Default-String:~$ sudo prime-select nvidia
[sudo] password for user:
Error: no integrated GPU detected.
user@user-Default-String:~$

so i m gussing no intergrated gpu means ur right?? im not 100% sure tbh sorry ab that sorry if i sound like an idiot i dont know what im doing lmao 😭

once again thanks for the help ❤️

as a general qus how do you know all this stuff i wanna learn more about linux and how stuff works but theres just so much icl 😭

[cloud yarrow]

Okay, wait, so when you run sudo prime-select nvidia, the result shows that you have no integrated graphics card to switch away from, so your machine will only choose the Nvidia GPU ('cus it's the only one)

You could try blacklisting the other drivers

[cloud yarrow]

Oh I'm no expert, just an enthusiast! I got into Linux 2 years ago at uni and it's been a lot of trial and error from there
But I also just watch a bunch of YouTube haha
I also got a few of my family members to start using Linux themselves, so I got a few machines I can tinker with when they run into issues
This server has also helped a lot, ngl!
Also, Google, Reddit, forums...

Could you run inxi -G?
That'll give us just the GPU information

Also, run lspci | grep -i nvidia

If your GPU is detected correctly, it'll show something like:

0000:01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 228e (rev a1)```

[hasty marten]

Hey thanks again sorry for the long reply I need to check discord more il try black listing the other drivers when I get home thank you for the advice once again❤️

[hasty marten]

100% fair I love that linuz stands for and what it can do overall been trying to get into home labbing myself but I still get stuck alot and still feel very stupid aha😂

[hasty marten]

Yup will do il let you know when I'm home

[cloud yarrow]

All good
You could check out this link for step-by-step instructions

[cloud yarrow]

Run inxi -G and lspci | grep -i nvidia before attempting to blacklist anything
Just to make sure which drivers are installed

[hasty marten]

user@user-Default-String:~$ inxi -G

Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 575.64.03
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch resolution: 2560x1440
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: nouveau,nvidia,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 575.64.03
renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
user@user-Default-String:~$

user@user-Default-String:~$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Ti] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
user@user-Default-String:~$

this is everything ran before following the link btw just finishing some work i gotta do and il follow introductions once again thanks for taking the time to help it really means alot ❤️

[cloud yarrow]

No problem!
Currently, the correct driver is loaded
So if you were to run the game it should run at full FPS
Idk why it would switch mid-game

Lmk if anything changes and feel free to ping me anytime
I'll be going to sleep soon, so don't mind me if I don't respond quickly

[hasty marten]

Sounds good. I did restart and re ran the commands with the same output, so I should be good. All good! If you're sleeping, I don't mind waiting. I am gonna play; hopefully, performance should be normal. I'll let you know ❤️

[cloud yarrow]

But, did you blacklist anything or?

[hasty marten]

No weirdly enough the performance isn't terrible now?

If it brakes again il blacklist seems very inconsistent

[cloud yarrow]

'Cus like, these commands are literally just to list out information about your GPU nothing else

[cloud yarrow]

Weird lmao