Linux Gaming @lemmy.world ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶ @lemmy.nz 1y ago

STARFIELD NOW WORKING WITH NVIDIA BETA DRIVERS!!

Just tested on Arch, installed nvidia-beta

Was using GE-Proton8-17

Got to the first open area. No missing textures, graphical glitches, nada. Seems to be running well, but didn't have FPS counter visible to see.

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THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP, LADS! ITS FINALLY HA-

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A bit more testing, there's something wierd here.

At ultra graphics I am running around 50 FPS. At low graphics I'm sitting at 60-70 FPS.

I guess there is some frame limiting happening. I have a 3090.
- Possible CPU bottleneck. Starfield is very CPU bound, this happens even at CPUs like R7 7800X3D
  
  Hmm maybe that's it.
  
  yup it's using all cores on a 5950x, but I do get 60ish fps with a 7900xtx at 4k with fsr
- What resolution are you running at and what CPU do you have? I have a Ryzen 3900x and an Nvidia 3090 and in the Constellation headquarters, I am seeing around 34fps at 4K. I have to lower the render resolution to 55 to make it more responsive.
  
  5600X. I haven't got that far, only to the first external area. I'll take a screenshot of my settings.
  
  5950x, I get 60ish fps with a 7900xtx at 4k with fsr at 80pc, endeavourOS
Congrats! :) have you made a post to protondb yet? If not, feel free to share. People will appreciate it I guess. Have a good one.
- I cannot because I'm using library sharing. It's not in my Steam profile :(
  
  Interesting! Are you sure you need this? If I click on contribute, I get to choose any game I want.
FINALLY. Took them long enough to get a beta release.
Anyone familiar with arch/artix who can give me a quick rundown on how to move from nvidia-dkms (artix) to nvidia-beta (aur)?

I tried trizen, but everything depends on something else right back up to steam itself and I'm wary of uninstall too many packages at once without knowing what I'm doing.
- Um.. I use Yay, and just ran yay nvidia-beta. It asked me if it should remove conflicting packages. I typed y. Installed and done.
  
  Sounds good - I'll give that a shot.
  
  Did you do it to run Starfield? How was performance, if so?
Are you able to get Wayland working? I tried it and I kept getting kwin_wayland_drm: Atomic modeset commit failed! Cannot allocate memory messages in journalctl.

EDIT: You have to pass in fbdev=1 to the nvidia_drm module. This will disable simpledrm which was causing the issue. I now have this in my modprobe.d:

options nvidia_drm modeset=1 fbdev=1
- Have not tried Wayland, last I checked there were issues with Nvidia so I haven't switched from X yet

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