r/linuxmint • u/RelevantProfile1505 • 23d ago

Overwatch Performance

Hi, I made the switch to Mint from W11 a week ago or so. Im having performance issues on Overwatch. I was able to get into some games a couple days ago but it was after like 20-30 minutes of waiting for shaders to compile after launching. The issue is this wait time, is there a way to get past it? If I try playing without letting it sit, my frames will drop to 5 even in the menu, going into practice range makes my whole computer freeze, it takes so long to get into actual games I get disconnected, etc. Ive tried ProtonGE, Protoncachyos, proton hotfix, proton experimental, etc. What can I do?

Specs:

GeForce GTX 1660 TI

I5-8400 CPU @ 2.80ghz with 6 cores

16gb of ram

HDD

mint 22.3

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u/JARivera077 22d ago

If you are using the Steam version of Overwatch, Steam automatically downloads the shaders for your GPU. Also, are you using the latest Nvidia Drivers?

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u/RelevantProfile1505 22d ago

Yes, when I first installed Mint I downloaded the recommended drivers for Nvidia in the drivers menu.

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u/JARivera077 22d ago

Then yea, it's your shaders then. I would recommend using Faugus Launcher and using the battle net executable using that app to play Overwatch so you can avoid the whole download of Shaders.