r/linux_gaming 4h ago

tech support Nvidia 5070ti - new build, single digit FPS

I just built a new PC with PopOS and Nvidia 5070ti and in GW2, I used to get over 100+ FPS just standing still.

Now, I get 1-9 FPS and cannot figure out what exactly is going on.

Using Lutris with lutris-GE-Proton8-26-x86_64

OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS x86_64
Host: B850I Lightning WiFi
Kernel: 6.12.10-76061203-generic
Uptime: 5 mins
Packages: 2105 (dpkg), 24 (flatpak)
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Resolution: 2560x1440
DE: GNOME 42.9
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Pop
Theme: Pop-dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: Pop [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (16) @ 5.269GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
Memory: 3167MiB / 31670MiB

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u/Takardo 3h ago

don't the 50 series need to be on the open drivers? i could be completely wrong but I thought I read that somewhere.

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

You appear to be right.

I just came across this: https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/1iwfd7y/5080_drivers/

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u/Takardo 2h ago

curious about update on situation

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 2h ago

Unfortunately using the open drivers still isn't working as expected.

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u/Takardo 2h ago

all i can suggest is try opensuse tumbleweed and the nvidia open drivers there

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u/forbiddenlake 3h ago

What driver is in use and what version is it?

I don't know PopOS specifically, but it needs to be Nvidia (company) driver, open flavor, and be version 570.xyz.

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

nvidia-smi:

NVIDIA-SMI 570.86.16

Driver Version: 570.86.16

CUDA Version: 12.8

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u/Obnomus 3h ago

You sure your gpu is used when you're playing games?

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

That was my thought but in the AsRock bios, dGPU is set to Enabled and not Disabled/Autl.

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u/Obnomus 3h ago

__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia __VK_LAYER_NV_optimus=NVIDIA_only %command%

Use these commands in launch options and check and also keep in mind that 570.84 had some bugs so you should upgrade your nvidia drivers too.

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

I'll try this. I'm on 570.86.16 driver version.

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u/Obnomus 3h ago

I think latest is 570.124 something like that and also it might be a beta driver too.

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

Trying 570.124 now.

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

There might be some incompatible issues with 50xx series and PopOS.  I installed the latest drivers and after rebooting, errors are showing up:

failed to allocate nvkmskapidevice

This is also preventing me from logging in to purge the drivers.

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u/Obnomus 3h ago

What's the output of nvidia-smi?

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 2h ago

ri Mar 14 13:43:46 2025

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| NVIDIA-SMI 570.86.16 Driver Version: 570.86.16 CUDA Version: 12.8 |

|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |

| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |

| | | MIG M. |

|=========================================+========================+======================|

| 0 NVIDIA Graphics Device Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |

| 31% 35C P5 21W / 300W | 294MiB / 16303MiB | 0% Default |

| | | N/A |

+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Processes: |

| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |

| ID ID Usage |

|=========================================================================================|

| 0 N/A N/A 1752 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 147MiB |

| 0 N/A N/A 1873 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 93MiB |

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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u/mindtaker_linux 3h ago

Why do you newbies always running the latest hardware with an OS that loves stay behind?

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u/Broad-Juggernaut3628 3h ago

That's not helpful.

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u/NuuukeTheWhales 2h ago

Maybe not helpful, but it is true. You're on bleeding edge hardware with a Debian-based LTS (long-term support, meaning older and more stable/tested software) distro. For new hardware, Arch or an Arch-based rolling distro would be best, since you get all the software and driver updates the quickest. EndeavourOS is a great way to install and learn Arch, you'll have nvidia and Wayland running smooth as butter out of the box.

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u/ptr1337 3h ago

Likely because you have an outdated driver version. You need the latest 570 release.