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Is it my processor or linux? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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So ill admit, CS2 never ran perfectly in windows either, and with everything having to be "shiny" and new all the time and with updates the game was bound to get laggy.

However I do wonder, is it the fault of my 15 year old amd fx cpu, or is it linux? I have a RX6700 gpu which should be plenty overkill for cs2. But ive heard cs2 is processor heavy. Im also still on ddr3, 32 gb.

Should have said its an 8 core fx black edition, its one of the best one they made (8350)

Also, I dont think all my ram sticks match exactly so I may check that. But yeah it seems its just way too old. Alan wake 2 wont even launch on it.

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Might be a bit of both. Any pre-Ryzen CPU is very long in the tooth now and one from 2010 really isn't going to cut it for almost any modern game. But I've also read of many people having Linux-specific issues in CS2.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    pre-ryzen AMD CPUs were always a bit on the budget side even when they were new. They were a bit more power efficient and cheaper, but never were amazing performance. So yeah, a 15 year old CPU is often rough, but a 15 year old low-mid end CPU is going to be even worse off.

    Ive not had issues with Counterstrike 2 on linux, aside from wanting to play FaceIt or ranked matches that have stricter third party anticheat. And that's just the anticheat being the problem.

    I would venture a guess that linux is not "the problem" here and it's more likely just aging hardware meeting increasing game demands.

    The only time in recent years I've had specifically a problem with linux gaming performance (not related to anticheat), was playing VR on a pre-GCN AMD GPU which didn't support async reprojection properly which caused quite a bit of stuttering.

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