Hey, I am fairly new to linux and have recently bought a new monitor to do some more gaming with. Though I have been annoyed with wayland having the support for the monitor but x11 actually running games at 165 or higher fps. My specs are

  • AMD ryzen 7 5700x (with hyper threading so we got 16 cores active)
  • Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 12 gig
  • Asrock b450m-hdv r4.0
  • 16 gigs of ddr4 memory
  • Samsung 980 pro (nvme)
  • Lexar SSD (i dunno which one but my games are on the samsung drive)
  • A 2 terrabyte harddrive with a name i have no clue
  • KDE plasma 5.27.9
  • Wayland
  • Using Fedora 39 workstation
  • the latest current nvidia drivers (535.129.03)

If you guys could help improve wayland performance or find solutions to make x11 work better with multi monitor support I will probably never think about windows again lol

  • BulletDust@alien.topBEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Same here. However, the 545’s are still beta and feature release drivers - They aren’t production stable drivers.

    I can game under the 545’s no worries, everything works fine - However the desktop experience is basically unusable at a measly 35fps.

    • Rcomian@alien.topBEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      haha wow, I’ve got the exact opposite experience with my 2070, desktop is fine, maybe a little better. but gaming has horrible flicker that actively impacts gameplay, and some games tank performance so bad that it’s literally seconds of lag between input and response.

      I’ll keep trying each new version, I’m excited for better wayland support, hope they get there

      • BulletDust@alien.topBEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        I’m running X11, I’m tipping you’re running Wayland.

        The flickering in games actually isn’t 100% Nvidia’s fault, it’s caused by a lack of explicit sync and becomes apparent when your FPS dips below your monitor’s refresh rate.

        Nvidia have submitted a merge request re: Explicit sync, the Wayland devs are just taking their time implementing it.

        • Rcomian@alien.topBEnglish
          11·
          10 months ago

          the flickering i see is literally a frame from around 300ms ago gets reshown. it’s really bizarre and makes all animation look janky and rubbish. literally text will be shown, then go to a black screen and briefly the text will flash back on again. not linked it to fps, but could be i guess.

          I’ve no idea why some games just completely bog down tho. Distance is completely unplayable, but only with the 545 drivers.

          • BulletDust@alien.topBEnglish
            11·
            10 months ago

            Yep. Sadly at this point in time the 545’s are a bit of a disappointment.

            Running a 2070S, I’ll be sticking with the 535’s until Nvidia get their act together regarding the 545’s under both X11 and Wayland. As under X11 running the 545’s, the desktop is a horrible low fps stutterfest. Roll back to the 535’s and the desktop is as smooth as room temperature butter.