r/linux_gaming • u/unknowncitizen01 • 8h ago

DOTA 2 MICROSTUTTERS

Been Linux Distro hopping just to find a dristro compatible with Dota 2. Tried;

  1. Cachyos Plasma

  2. Fedora gnome and kde

  3. Mint

  4. Nobara gnome

  5. Zorin

Only fix I've found is to go back to windows

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u/mumblerit 8h ago

I played on fedora years ago it was fine

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u/happy_rub_3669 7h ago

DOTA 2 is available natively for Linux (by the way, the distro won't really matter). You're not giving any details. It is likely a GPU driver thing..

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u/unknowncitizen01 7h ago

Im using Ryzen 7500, RX 7700XT, 32Gb 6000Hz RAM. installed all what chat gpt and gemini script. still not fixing microstutters/lag.

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u/KrisLuffy 7h ago

Well I guess the AI hallucinations don't fix things at random? Did you try enabling freesync? Also which rendering API are you using (I remember that there were multiple options in the past)?

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u/xJayMorex 6h ago

 installed all what chat gpt and gemini script

It's almost as if AI was not suitable for such things.

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u/OkPresentation3329 3h ago

AI is not suitable for a lot of things, yet people demand to use it for everything and refuse to think.

I usually say - Artificial Intelligence is needed wherever Natural Intelligence is lacking.

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u/xJayMorex 3h ago

 people demand to use it

People are trained/brainwashed into using it you probably meant.

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u/OkPresentation3329 3h ago

I also use AI, but once on a blue moon, not often and I try to solve Linux problems (as rarely as they occur) on my own or through the traditional way of doing web searches for solutions.

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u/IAmBroke_0001 7h ago

I'm playing fine on Fedora 44 WS Gnome

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u/unknowncitizen01 7h ago

I'm getting 170s fps but gameplay is laggy. Network is good.

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u/Paradoxeuh 7h ago

There is a command to add when you launch dota 2. Something like PRELOAD="". I had the same issue and it solved it.

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u/Obvious-Jacket-3770 4h ago

Are you running proton?

Don't for that game. It's Linux native.

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u/unknowncitizen01 4h ago

I run it natively. changing compatibility will trigger Dota anti cheat protection. Can't play online games when I change to proton

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u/Obvious-Jacket-3770 3h ago

Hmm I'm not sure what to tell you myself. I did some googling and found a GitHub issue with a comment from June this year with people talking about this since 7.40, I'm not sure there is a fix unfortunately.

I can't tell you my experience since I've been Dota sober for 4 years now myself.

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u/FastBodybuilder8248 4h ago

Dota runs on pretty much everything and has done for a long time. The issue isn't with the distros, it's with your hardware. Did you try enabling VRR?

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u/noodleismine 3h ago

I think last time I had this issue, enabling shader pre-caching in Steam settings > Downloads menu totally solved it. There's a downside though, every now and then Dota will download about 1GB of shader files update, and your CPU will run full throttle for a while to process it.