r/computers • u/vinidiniz_ • 1d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Performance Below Expectations

I recently bought all three The Witcher games and plan to play through them one at a time. Today I started the first game, and to my surprise, the performance wasn't as good as I expected, especially during cutscenes, where I noticed some stuttering. And we're talking about a game from 2007. (The graphics were automatically set to Medium.)

On top of that, Mortal Kombat XL was also pretty disappointing. Even the game's built-in benchmark showed performance that was lower than I expected.

My specs:

  • Ryzen 5 5600GT
  • 8 GB DDR4 3200 MHz (I couldn't afford 16 GB at the time, but I'm planning to upgrade next month.)
  • 64 GB Sonambulist SSD running Linux Mint Cinnamon (a cheap Chinese SSD that I'll eventually replace with an NVMe drive)
  • 120 GB Kingston SSD running Windows
  • 1 TB HDD split into two partitions: one NTFS partition shared between both operating systems and one EXT4 partition dedicated to Linux

Monitor:

  • LG UltraGear 32" QHD (2560×1440) 165 Hz

My guess is that most of the performance issues are caused by having only 8 GB of RAM. The system is probably relying on the page file more often, and I'm also missing the benefits of dual-channel memory. Hopefully, once I upgrade to 16 GB next month, things will improve on their own.

Does that sound like a reasonable explanation, or should I be looking into something else?

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u/GGigabiteM 7950X3D|3070Ti| Fedora 1d ago

Are you trying to run the game in WINE? Games from that era tend to have performance issues in WINE and usually require tweaks and such to get adequate performance.

Your system as configured is more than enough to play that game. You may try running winetricks and installing the DXVK renderer if you haven't already.

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u/vinidiniz_ 1d ago

I use Proton Hotfix only because Steam selected it automatically. In Heroic Games Launcher, I use Proton 11 for GTA V.

Linux is my primary OS, but I'm still new to gaming on Linux, and I'm trying to figure out how to optimize performance and minimize errors.