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merorafael has Steam for Linux

16 May, 2013 @ 9:57pm

Source Engine Low FPS(BAD PERFORMANCE)

I have problems with all Source Engine titles(CS Source, Half-Life 2, Episone One, Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal) performance.

System
OS: Fedora 18 64-bit(x86_64) with Linux Kernel 3.9.2
Driver version: 319.17(nVidia)
OpenGL version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 319.17

CS Source/Half-Life 2/Episode One/Portal
On Linux: 15~30FPS(no AA and Medium settings)
On Windows: 50~60FPS(8x MSAA and Very High settings)

Team Fortress 2/Episode Two
On Linux: 10~15FPS(no AA and Medium settings)
On Windows: 40~50FPS(8x MSAA and Very High settings)

Hardware
AMD Athlon X2 6000+
GeForce 8600GT
4GB DDR2 1066

Why I have a bad performance in linux?
Sorry for my bad English.

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TheSniperFan has Steam for Linux

18 May, 2013 @ 4:16am

Do you use the opensource or the proprietary nvidia driver?

merorafael has Steam for Linux

18 May, 2013 @ 8:55am

Proprietary driver

TheSniperFan has Steam for Linux

18 May, 2013 @ 9:50am

Hmmm.
My first bet would have been that you're running the opensource drivers. Are you sure the nvidia one is loaded? I remember that when I installed the closed source one, I had the problem that it was installed, but not loaded. I think that was back when I still used Fedora too. Not sure though.
Can you open the nvidia-settings application? Other than that I have no idea.
You could copy&paste the System-Information that Steam provides under the "Help" Tab here, since they're more detailled than what you provided. Might help someone else.

merorafael has Steam for Linux

18 May, 2013 @ 10:01am

Yep, i can open the nvidia-settings.
My system-information:

Processor Information: Vendor: AuthenticAMD Speed: 3000 Mhz 2 logical processors 2 physical processors HyperThreading: Unsupported FCMOV: Supported SSE2: Supported SSE3: Supported SSSE3: Unsupported SSE4a: Unsupported SSE41: Unsupported SSE42: Unsupported Network Information: Network Speed: Operating System Version: "Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)" (64 bit) Kernel Name: Linux Kernel Version: 3.9.2-200.fc18.x86_64 X Server Vendor: Fedora Project X Server Release: 11303000 X Window Manager: GNOME Shell Steam Runtime Version: steam-runtime-release-i386_2013-05-08 Video Card: Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce 8600 GT/PCIe/SSE2 Driver Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 319.17 Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz VendorID: 0x10de DeviceID: 0x401 Number of Monitors: 1 Number of Logical Video Cards: 1 Primary Display Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Desktop Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Primary Display Size: 18,66" x 11,65" (21,97" diag) 47,4cm x 29,6cm (55,8cm diag) Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x Primary VRAM: 512 MB Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x Sound card: Audio device: SigmaTel 92HD206X Memory: RAM: 3954 Mb Miscellaneous: UI Language: English LANG: pt_BR.utf8 Microphone: Not set Total Hard Disk Space Available: 393595 Mb Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 251917 Mb Installed software: Recent Failure Reports: