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I should have switched years ago! - Linux gaming update (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by CatZoomies@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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What's up, guys, gals, and non-binary pals? I switched from Windows 10 to Linux Mint back in December 2024, and I catalogued my experiences in these posts:

Just wanted to let you nerds know that everything has been running flawlessly. I can play any game I have, and none of my productivity is blocked. Doesn't matter whether it's all my ROMs I archived, my Steam games, GOG games, whatever. Linux plays them, and performance is fantastic. I don't play any anti-cheat games as the only one I do play periodically is Overwatch, and it runs perfect.

I can without a doubt now say that I will never go back to Windows. Should have switched years ago!

Build specs (the full list is in my first post linked above):

CPU 9800x3d
GPU RX 7900 XTX

Here are some issues I still can't solve on Linux Mint:

Can't control my GPU fans
Can't control my case fans
Can't bind my case fans to ramp up with GPU load

I've tried CoreCTRL and so many other solutions I read online, and none of them work. Problem for another day! So all I've done for now is increase the count of intake fans I have and set it to a good speed to move plenty of air (but also set my exhaust fans higher to help counter and ensure proper positive pressure airflow. I have too many fans to get the ideal balance of neutral air flow). GPU runs with OEM fan speeds.

Edit: There's a bug in pasting instance agnostic links, so I just added direct URLs to my instance posts.

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[–] metalaco@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Hi. I am so fucking tired of windows bullshit. Do you think running a GTX 3090 is feasible with the current driver landscape?

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

If it helps, you can get pop os with Nvidia drivers pre-installed and configured. That helped me a lot.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I wouldn’t see any problems there. My server I’m currently building is running Linux Mint. I tossed in my RTX 3080 and it works flawlessly. No headache, no problems trying to configure it. Just booted it, LM detected it, and I clicked update and bam it works great. That card was originally in my Windows PC before I switched to LM and swapped the card for an AMD RX 7900 XTX.

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[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Glad it works for you👍

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you!

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Activate Linux 😂

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Glad you liked it! :D

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I always had a dual-boot system and mostly used Win 10 as my main OS for gaming and Linux for troubleshooting and messing around. With the announcement of Win 10 reaching end-of-life this October, I started to go on my Linux side a bit more to try gaming and I was blown away. So I made the switch last fall to 100% Kubuntu 24.04 on my PC.

I can't believe the progress that's been made with Steam and Proton in recent years. I've always been a huge Linux fan and gamin has always been the only thing blocking me from using it full time. Now I have no reason to use Windows anymore! I'm so happy!

[–] roude@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

My workaround for limited fan control via GPU temps was to just water cool my entire PC. I could have tied it to my water temp, but my components are rarely above 50C. I have two rads though, overkill for my 3080 and 3700X.

At least that’s my excuse, had to justify spending a dumb amount of money for cooling on top of the dumb amount of money already spent on the computer. Basically is spun up for a handful of Rocket League games and that’s about it.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't game anymore and tried switching a few times (dual booting) but decades of ingrained Windows made it hard (aka I'm lazy) and a lack of support for programs I did use, like Lightroom).

This time i just took the SSD out and used a fresh drive to install Mint (have sonce moved to LMDE) and fuck the programs that don't want to supoort Linux.

Only difficulty is Darkroom in lieu of Lightroom, and only becase DR is so powerful . I'd been using Libre office and Firefox for years on Windows anyway (Netscape -->, IE --> Chrome --> FF)

I have been thinking about a Steam deck :). I had a WiiU but hardly used it and sold it during Covid so O am a lottke concerned I'll not be bothered. For me tied days most games are I am 15 mins free, moght play a little Bloons on my phone :)

[–] gaiussabinus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I have corectrl running and controlling my GPU fans on Linux mint. I have to start it every time I boot since I haven't added it to startup but it works (RX 6900 xt). I have it added from a separate repo that I forget where I found it but I also use mesa drivers forked by some dude in eastern Europe to get ROCm working too.

[–] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Neat theme.

everything has been running flawlessly.

I have to ask though: Do these monitors not have HDR or VRR and run at the same refresh rate?

Those are the things why I usually wouldn't recommend Mint for high-end gaming rig like yours right now: None of the supported DEs are really ready for Wayland and therefore stuck with those problems (for now).

[–] NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

KDE suports HDR just fine. I believe both Hyprland and Gnome do as well. Those seem to be the most modern DEs generally speaking. Gnome and KDE being the most popular as well.

Edit: Just realized you said mint specifically. Mint are behind the times sadly.

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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How old is the Linux mint kernal and and driver? Have you tried a live dvd of a more current distro just to see if those problems aren't solved? Fedora would be a decent example, it is really current. Or an arch derivative.

[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sure. I just use the embedded software updated whenever there is a new update to the kernel. I’m on latest GA kernel per fastfetch screenshot.

Unfortunately I’m only ~9 months in as a Linux user, so not sure the best methods to get all these things working.

Thankfully, many other persons also commented some helpful advice, so I’ll include your question as part of my research. Just gotta sit down and try troubleshooting it again when I have some spare time.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

You can find the kernel version by writing "uname -r" in the terminal.

In my case it prints "6.8.0-79-generic", which would be the answer if NewNewAugustEast had asked me about how old my kernel is. Yours is probably something else than that precise version. Except that I'm running Ubuntu and Mint is also kind of Ubuntu.

If you want, you can also paste the output of: "lsb_release -d", NNAE might be curious to know that, as well.

For your personal use, you can use uname -a and lsb_release -a, but I had the feeling some of the output of those would be things you wouldn't want to say publicly but might not understand to redact.

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