[LINUX] Performance issues

[Tatrasiel]

My system specs :
Quad core cpu
32 GB ram
14.6 ATI Linux driver
7970 ATI 3GB Video Memory




I have been seeing performance issues for this game on Linux and I am confused as my computer is considerably above system requirements. I tooke the time to install the game on a windows partition on the same machine and the game runs exceptionally well.

I have read through the forums and I have made sure that SSAA is off. I noticed that the game locks up when I press ESC when I change the game settings .

I want to know does anyone have anyone have a fix for the performance issues that are affecting the Linux version of the game?

Let me know if you need any additional information .

[Oppengruppen SS]

My version of the game is quite stable but it is completely unplayable due to slow fps. Have you tried running the game in windows to confirm it runs slower on linux bos?

[Tatrasiel]

Yes, I believe I stated this. To be more verbose, I have both Linux and Windows on this computer. I Really want to leave windows as I use it for a testing/development environment. I can most assuredly say that the game runs significantly quicker in windows than in Linux; It comes out running on windows.

This is suprising simply due to that Linux is a much faster OS over all. Most if not all programs that I run on my Linux Partition run usually faster than on Windows. This is proving to be a first.


I will start running some benchmarks, now that I know there is a tool for such tests shortly.




Does anyone have any Ideas? I am very comfortable in a Linux environment and have no problem pulling additional information if needed.

[Noctune]

I have some similar performance issues. I get about 5-10 fps during more open scenes using my R9 290X with latest beta Catalyst drivers. Practically unplayable.

Last Light Redux runs fine though (although for some reason it only runs better if I alt-tab out and into the game again).

Edit: I get quite high fps when just staring into a wall, so I suspect the graphics driver/graphics code to be the bottleneck.

[afogl001]

I haven't tried out LL Redux but I'm running an R9 290 for 2033 and the game is almost unplayabe on medium settings and all Catalyst settings at minium. Really hope these drivers get fixed!

[Tatrasiel]

@[-ODU-] afogl001 LL Redux is slightly slower for me.

Ursprünglich geschrieben von -ODU- afogl001:

I haven't tried out LL Redux but I'm running an R9 290 for 2033 and the game is almost unplayabe on medium settings and all Catalyst settings at minium. Really hope these drivers get fixed!

@Noctune
how did you check your FPS? The option in the user.cfg doesn't do anything that I can see.


Are we certain this s a driver issue? What have we done to isolate this thus far? I am wondering about the optimization of the code because I noticed that even Tomb Raider under wine runs quickly. What drivers are you using? If we are going to come to such a conclusion. I would like to have everyone mention their specs as per process.

What drivers is everyone running? As I have already mentioned I am on the ATI 14.6 Linux driver.

Have we tried some of the other drivers?


Has anyone tried this game under wine?
I looked on WineHQ and the tests return platinum and silver results.....
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=19666


I would like to isolate Wine first...
I will try to test the driver settings out I just wanted to isolate that before messing with ATI and their driver junk.... I mean I am sure that some one has had to install ATI 14.06 driver... for me I have to extract the driver and comment the check for Cent Os..... :(

[Tatrasiel]

Also has anyone had issues with the game failing checking game cache? I noticed mine never passes even though I can play the game just it slow...

[Oppengruppen SS]

@Tatrasiel - great idea with the testing under wine. I'm suing crossover which seems to run the game pretty well. As I've got a steam version for it, I can install it and confront.

When it comes to the Linux ATI driver I'm using it's

OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7600M Series
OpenGL version string: 4.4.13283 Compatibility Profile Context 14.501.1003

I'll update the thread with the results shortly.

[Tatrasiel]

As an Update , I tried the differnt drivers and all of the proprietary work fine while the open source drivers alert for OGL 4 not being found.....

Let me know your results on Wine please.

We will need to isolate a couple of things after this.

If:
the wine version works fine then I am thinking it will be the Linux product being the culprit .

else:

I am thinking that it will be Driver/ OS related.

@ fuorviatos, I await your results.

[Noctune]

@Tatrasiel I checked my fps with the benchmark. You can run it using the benchmark.sh script in the game folder.

I am using the newest beta Catalyst drivers from the Arch user repository, which is Catalyst 14.12-1.

You can't really eliminate driver issues if it runs fine under Wine. It is very unlikely that Wine will create the same draw commands as the native version will, so a driver bug might be present under native but not under Wine.

[Tatrasiel]

You're right, I just know one thing people were mentioning was that The Witcher 2 played better under wine.

This is sort of depressing , I asked about people that had no issues and they were all Nvidia users.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/286690/discussions/0/619573787556874031/

[worzel910]

Runing a 290x too, utter crap on mine, benchmark gives me 11fps avg. thats on metro 20033, not bothered with LL yet. Don't see the point going on what this is like.



Mageia 4
4790k
16Gb ram
290x ( 14.12 Omega)
ssd

[osp]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ;619573787657497980:

Runing a 290x too, utter crap on mine, benchmark gives me 11fps avg. thats on metro 20033, not bothered with LL yet. Don't see the point going on what this is like.



Mageia 4
4790k
16Gb ram
290x ( 14.12 Omega)
ssd

I have only overclocked 270x, 8G ram and i5-3350P, also OMEGA driver. So no wonder that framerate is poor and it keeps crashing on mine - actually a did not get more then minute of playtime - it freeze whole system and I have to sysrq-reboot...

[Noctune]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von worzel910:

Runing a 290x too, utter crap on mine, benchmark gives me 11fps avg. thats on metro 20033, not bothered with LL yet. Don't see the point going on what this is like.



Mageia 4
4790k
16Gb ram
290x ( 14.12 Omega)
ssd

LL runs fine on my 290x, though. It's just 2033 that has bad performance.

[Tatrasiel]

Yeah I don't know much of what to say, this is depressing for ATI users....

[Oppengruppen SS]

This is crap because ATI is somehow neglected comparing to nvidia. Is it possile to install 64 bit wine and stteam onto it? Since I'm using crossover and there is no 64 bit version of it, I don't have a clue but I'd like to compare the game performance.