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Zlob.Trojan 17 Jan, 2017 @ 1:39pm
Switched to Linux, terrible performance!
Recently switched to Linux (Mint 17.3 MATE) and have noticed both decrease fps as well as increased choppiness on my two favourite games L4D2 and CS Source. Have tried tweaking the video settings to minimum as well as disabling vsync which has only helped a slight bit and now it looks like I'm playing on my old desktop from 2002.

I have an AMD a6-3600M CPU with Radeon HD 6520 GPU and 4gb of ram. Games ran good if not impressively prior to switching to Linux. I am currently using the fglrx driver version 2:15.201. Any tips or suggestions? Other than dual boot into Windows for gaming?
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Originally posted by DevaVictrix:
This thread is probably dead now but I don't think the AMDGPU driver supports non GCN GPUs... and I think the HD6520 is either Evergreen or Northern Islands, ie non GCN.
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xdshot 17 Jan, 2017 @ 6:14pm 
Use wine. These native are ugly, sadly.
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Letalis Sonus 18 Jan, 2017 @ 10:09am 
fglrx is obsolete, use a more up to date system with the free driver. The source engine port works really well with Mesa.
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eggalatarian 19 Jan, 2017 @ 11:36am 
as Letalis Sonus said the proprietary drivers are older. it is likely lag due to pulse audio, so in Voice settings in steam, set to alsa.
Last edited by eggalatarian; 19 Jan, 2017 @ 11:38am
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Dusk of Oolacile 28 Jan, 2017 @ 12:53am 
Fglrx is not only old but also broken by design. It has very bad performance. Try Mesa, it's 100% better for such an old GPU.
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✘ Bob 20 Mar, 2017 @ 11:34pm 
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Zef 24 Mar, 2017 @ 4:50am 
Originally posted by Dusk of Oolacile:
Fglrx is not only old but also broken by design. It has very bad performance. Try Mesa, it's 100% better for such an old GPU.


Tbh it really depends how old your system is and which gpu you're using. I get better performance using flgrx drivers for my old AMD HD 5XXXM laptop then the open source one that driver manager recommends me.
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Dekonega 3 May, 2017 @ 8:50pm 
Originally posted by Demented Testicle:
>Mint 17.3 MATE
>Radeon HD 6520 GPU
>fglrx driver

You know you should use the Radeon driver... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
Last edited by Dekonega; 3 May, 2017 @ 8:50pm
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Dusk of Oolacile 6 May, 2017 @ 11:27pm 
Originally posted by Caelistas:
Originally posted by Dusk of Oolacile:
Fglrx is not only old but also broken by design. It has very bad performance. Try Mesa, it's 100% better for such an old GPU.


Tbh it really depends how old your system is and which gpu you're using. I get better performance using flgrx drivers for my old AMD HD 5XXXM laptop then the open source one that driver manager recommends me.
Higher frame rate doesn't equal better performance. You forget about the micro-stuttering and the occasional (very frequent actually) GPU stalls.
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Zef 12 May, 2017 @ 9:32am 
Originally posted by Dusk of Oolacile:
Originally posted by Caelistas:


Tbh it really depends how old your system is and which gpu you're using. I get better performance using flgrx drivers for my old AMD HD 5XXXM laptop then the open source one that driver manager recommends me.
Higher frame rate doesn't equal better performance. You forget about the micro-stuttering and the occasional (very frequent actually) GPU stalls.

No micro stutter here, only a lil screan tearing with a few games but that's it.
Last edited by Zef; 12 May, 2017 @ 9:34am
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DIRT 10 Nov, 2017 @ 12:29pm 
Originally posted by Dusk of Oolacile:
Originally posted by Caelistas:


Tbh it really depends how old your system is and which gpu you're using. I get better performance using flgrx drivers for my old AMD HD 5XXXM laptop then the open source one that driver manager recommends me.
Higher frame rate doesn't equal better performance. You forget about the micro-stuttering and the occasional (very frequent actually) GPU stalls.

Old thread but using a low latency kernel with radeonsi gets rid of micro stuttering. Games run like you pre-ran them before hand after launching them form a cold boot.
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tuxdelux 16 Jan, 2018 @ 6:28pm 
have you tried the radeon drivers?
despite the thought that it might not be as fast as the binary blobs, it makes the kernel upgrades pleasant and they are always being improved - especially good for older cards
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Zairker 17 Aug, 2019 @ 1:48am 
If I remember correctly the open source Radeon drivers should be installed by default in the Linux Kernel itself. Lately the open source drivers have performed quite good, I'd suggest you try those.
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DevaVictrix 17 Aug, 2019 @ 8:18am 
This thread is probably dead now but I don't think the AMDGPU driver supports non GCN GPUs... and I think the HD6520 is either Evergreen or Northern Islands, ie non GCN.
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