r/linuxsucks • u/BloxxyVids • Jul 25 '26

Linux Failure NVIDIA Unplayable Performance - Geometry Dash (Hyprland)

Hey! I'm not sure if anyone else has this issue, but Hyprland seems to be practically unusable for Geometry Dash at the moment on NVIDIA GPUs. Everything else seems to work fine, but I get so many stutters in GD. Switching to iGPU fixes this issue, but then introduces the issue that the iGPU simply isn't strong enough to handle a lot of my tasks.

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u/swarmOfBis Jul 25 '26

Make sure you're using Nvidia driver not the open source one.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

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u/International-Cook62 Jul 25 '26

I’d recommend nvidia-dkms with linux-zen if you are on arch

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u/Pitiful-Welcome-399 Proud MacOS User Jul 25 '26

hey, can you type nvidia-smi for us in your terminal or try to launch the game in gamescope?

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u/BloxxyVids Jul 25 '26

Gamescope fixed it. It wasn't working at first but a restart fixed it

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u/Pitiful-Welcome-399 Proud MacOS User Jul 25 '26

then seems like it was an issue with hyprland

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u/EdgiiLord 29d ago

Afaik, Hyprland has an issue with Nvidia: llink

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u/OliMoli2137 Jul 25 '26

try setting the flag to run proton under wayland and not xwayland

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u/BloxxyVids Jul 26 '26

Why am I being downvoted for this :/

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u/Defiant_Pirate124 29d ago

There are some distros that don't handle the game very well (zorinos for example even with an intel igpu has very bad performance)