Hi all, first of, I’m new to Linux and CachyOS (tried Bazzite before). I really want to get rid of Windows, but I need some help with performance tweaking. So far I like CachyOS and I hope that this won’t be a show stopper and just needs some tweaking. I run CachyOS on a Intel I5-13600K and a Nvid…

TQ2 is littered with optimization bugs, been happening since the first EA release. I use Proton-GE, use these launch options in Steam: PROTON_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 LD_PRELOAD="" %command% I’m lucky to get a clean 5-10 minutes staying about 45 FPS.

Could be a KDE thing(as usual with new releases). Try GNOME or a gamescope session without a desktop environment. Install gamescope sudo nano /usr/share/wayland-sessions/steam-big-picture.desktop copy this: [Desktop Entry] Name=Steam Big Picture Mode Comment=Start Steam in Big Picture Mode Exec=…

Thank you! I created the file as described but where should I see the new option now? I did reboot but the login was as usual.

In your login manager there should be an option to select desktop environments

You mean the screen where I type my username and password? There is no new option (sorry - as I said, I’m new to Cachy and Linux)

there must be somewhere, maybe in some discrete location after you select your name? can you take a photo?

[4468] My CachyOS is in german, is that a problem?

I use a different login manager, I don’t know where is it on this one. Are you already logged in? You have to be logged out to select a new session. It should be hidden behind some of the buttons. Idk kde is too autistic for me.

I finally found a drop down menu in the bottom left :wink: But when I login, it just creates a black screen

Try the 580 drivers. i drove myself nuts figuring out problems with a few games in Cachy. All was solved when I went back to the 580s. 590s are still beta.

Wow - that increased the performance a lot and completely removed the stuttering! It now runs like my Windows version. Many thanks!

Bad performance in Titan Quest 2 / stuttering

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the-burrito-triangle February 25, 2026, 1:20am 20

Interesting. I’ve been playing the pre-release on an AMD RX 7600 and it has been smooth on normal Wine. I even got FSR 4.0.3 working on normal Wine too. You can see my TQ2 FSR4 journey here: