Hey everyone, I could use some help figuring out a weird performance issue I’ve been having with Path of Exile 1 on my Nvidia 3050. I’m running this on Linux Mint 21.3 with an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and 32 GB of RAM. After switching from Nvidia driver 570 to 550, my game is super laggy. The game’s opening screen shows only 1 FPS while the Nvidia report indicates my GPU is locked at full usage. I used to get around 60 FPS without issues using the driver 570. I’ve tried fiddling with graphics settings and even reinstalled the Nvidia drivers, but nothing seems to work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
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I started PoE1, switched to Vulkan, and the nvidia-smi output showed some strange numbers. It seems that the game isn’t even using my GPU correctly, just showing processes like Xorg and cinnamon. It might be something with the standalone client or settings in Lutris. Try switching between Wine and Proton in Lutris to see if that helps.
You’ve been using an older driver without issues but are now seeing problems. You’re also on a Debian-based OS, which might not support the latest Nvidia optimizations. Consider trying a different distro like Fedora or Arch with a Wayland compositor, since they often handle Nvidia drivers better.
To start, run `nvidia-smi` when you launch the game. Check if the game is listed in the output. It’s possible the game is using native Vulkan and not selecting the right GPU. Also, downgrading drivers isn’t the best idea. Stick to the latest ones if you can!
Thanks for the tip! I’ll check that out. I did post the nvidia-smi output but forgot to mention it in my reply here.
It sounds like your GPU isn’t getting utilized at all. If it worked well with driver 570, why not just switch back? Any particular reason you downgraded?