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XDroidie626

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Registered: 2014-02-05

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arch Linux gaming setup, any ideas tricks and tips?

Okay so I want to improve my current setup So what should I change? I use ext4 system open source drivers and lxqt for desktop I have no apps installed really apart from steam and chromium but I'd like more performance out of my a4 5000 apu

So any ideas/tricks/tips etc you know that helps play stuff like hl2 tf2 and some indie titles, and maybe witcher 2 haha no not a chance on this processor lol

Anyways thanks!

clfarron4

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Re: arch Linux gaming setup, any ideas tricks and tips?

I use AMD Catalyst for anything gaming, but that's due to bad experiences with the Open Source drivers and gaming.

That aside, use a low resource X environment, like a WM (such as awesomewm, openbox) when you want to game is probably another good tip.

If you use steam and a Display Manager, you could always login straight into Steam Big Picture Mode as well.

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emeres

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Registered: 2013-10-08

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Re: arch Linux gaming setup, any ideas tricks and tips?

You might want to take a look at linux-ck, brebs has some useful suggestions in one of his signature links and I bet you can find more in the forums. Try to optimize every component, one by one (gather information, test, upgrade firmware/drivers if useful, repeat), and concentrate on your systems bottleneck[s_]. Other than that, using ABS and AUR provide a possibility to compile packages for your specific hardware setup. Use with caution, could be detrimental. Should you also use wine for gaming, try wine-d3dstream[-git] package from AUR, remember to enable its benefits in registry.

XDroidie626

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Registered: 2014-02-05

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Re: arch Linux gaming setup, any ideas tricks and tips?

Okay thanks! but I do have a problem, I re built the system stripping it to minimal as I could, but I noticed it says for my sound no valid audio device, and I have no sound what so ever, I have unmuted Alsa and still nothing, Ideas?

emeres

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Re: arch Linux gaming setup, any ideas tricks and tips?

Search for vid and pid in the debian hardware database if I recall correctly. It should mention the needed modules. You probably need snd-hda-intel and all modules it depends upon. Other than that, search for my posts, there have been a few cases recently that should provide you with enough information.