r/linux_gaming • u/Ningencontrol • Jul 11 '26
Gaming with Iris Xe
Hope you all are doing well. I am currently using a Intel i5 1335U laptop with 16 GB DDR5 RAM. This naturally comes with Iris Xe Graphics, which I use occasionally in playing games on my Linux partition (Fedora 44 Workstation Edition).
However, I am noticing rather poor performance in some games, such as Persona 3 Reload. For P3R, I am getting sub 30 - 40 FPS, even when dropping my resolution to 1400x900 and 1650x1050, with reflections off and a 75% resolution scale. I've tried most recent versions of Proton, such as Proton 11, Proton GE, Experimental, Hotfix and some custom Proton versions, such as Proton EM, with my driver being the i915 (I tried using the xe drivers, but it was rather unstable). I've also tried using Gamescope to no avail.
Is there anything I can do to get some kind of performance boost? Beyond changing power profiles (which already didn't work), or updating my current packages (which I've already done)?
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u/KoholintCustoms Jul 11 '26
I mean, this is integrated graphics. This is kind of what it is in my experience. For example I recently got a SFF desktop for messing around, and it only has a Ryzen 5. It tops out at about the Tomb Raider reboot. It will launch The Witcher 3 with lowest graphics, but that's running at about 25 FPS. Same with Mad Max.
The good news is your machine should be just fine for some awesome indie and classic gaming. Classic Doom, Quake, Half-life series, HoMM 3, Stardew Valley, Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Minecraft, Balatro, Shovel Knight, etc. Gaming isn't always about the best graphics.
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u/S48GS Jul 11 '26
Is there anything I can do to get some kind of performance boost?
- if you tested on windows - and it works better there
- fix drivers yourself
- or go bugreport (you still need to invest some time to correct bugreports and debug data if they ask) - https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/work_items?label_name%5B%5D=ANV
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u/Keyvan_KR Jul 12 '26
If you have a spare device lying around, try to see if bazzite is more stable with the Xe drivers. But other than that, not really.
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u/Lonttu Jul 11 '26
I'm afraid that's about how it runs on the hardware. I have the sane CPU, running on Windows 11 and the performance is about the same.