Universal BlueUB
Universal Blue•10mo ago
evisteron

Very choppy frame pacing in GameScope mode (FF7 Rebirth) - fine in gnome. How do I investigate?

I'm trying to never use Windows again for my gaming PC. Bazzite seems like the perfect fit. I do occasionally like to use the desktop, and really don't like KDE (it's terminally ugly, I don't know why).

My system is a mix of older and upgraded components:
  • MSI B450 Gaming Plus
  • 16GB system RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series (Intel XMP) DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MT/s CL16-18-18-38
  • XFX AMD Radeon RX 6800 - 16GB RAM
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • WD Black SN750
  • A really old 3TB spinner drive from an old server, just for older games.
  • There's also a questionable cheap wifi/bluetooth PCI-express card in there, intel based.
The game I'm mostly playing ATM, is Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. I've tried it with and without various patches - FF7 fix, and the DLSS shim thingy, but the framerate is just choppy when running in GameScope mode. Other demanding games like Final Fantasy XVI are smoother, but still much more choppy than on Windows or Gnome. I would just run it in Gnome, but I can't access HDR there.

I thought of trying to switch to the KDE version of Bazzite, but I don't know if that'll have much impact. Any ideas about what I could try to fix this up? I really don't want to go back to Windows... I want to finally be done with Microsoft's abuse.
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