Posting here because I don't know any other decent communities to ask.
I'm running Mint on a fairly beefy PC that was top spec in 2022. I started with Windows then added another SSD for Linux. I went with Mint but overall I've found games to be a bit lackluster on here.
The main one is Elden Ring: Nightreign. It runs buttery smooth on Windows, but on the same PC using Linux it gets a little choppy and almost unplayable if I'm in a round with others.
I've noticed other issues like Arc Raiders is meant to work well on Linux but was an unplayable mess for me.
I'm just doing everything through Steam so nothing weird or hacky going on, I have a laptop with Bazzite I use to get games from Myabandonware running and it has been fine by comparison.
Are there any extra programs or dependencies I should download? Or should I just switch to Bazzite given I'm gaming and running a Nvidia card? I got into Linux after building this PC so I didn't know AMD was better for Linux at the time. Building this PC showed me how to install an OS on a computer so it was the start of the rabbithole for me in a way.
I know there isn't a lot of details on specs here, but I'm more wondering if there's anything more I should do on a non-gaming focused distro or if it's easier to just switch.
System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-88-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial:
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI v: Rev 1.xx serial:
part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2602 date: 09/27/2024
CPU:
Info: 24-core (8-mt/16-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
smt: enabled arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 2.1 MiB L2: 32 MiB L3: 36 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 848 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5500:5800:4300 cores: 1: 1100 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 1100 8: 800 9: 1100 10: 800 11: 1100 12: 800 13: 1100 14: 800 15: 845
16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 25: 800 26: 800 27: 800
28: 800 29: 800 30: 800 31: 800 32: 800 bogomips: 191692
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD102 [GeForce RTX 4090] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05
arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1,DP-3
empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2684 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Remo Tech OBSBOT Meet driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 3564:fef2 class-ID: 0102
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: nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0
screens: 1
nvidia-driver-580-open
Version 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.2
Also I'm not running any compatibility for Nightreign at the moment. I've tried diffferent Proton variations and it hasn't made a difference.
Who is 2026?