I'm running Linux Mint on my laptop where it only uses about 1.7 GB of RAM at idle, compared to Windows 11 which used 5.5 GB. So, I should theoretically have more RAM available for gaming, but some games are performing much worse on Linux. For example, Warframe runs really poorly. On Windows, I got around 55-60 fps on low settings, even when my memory was maxed out. But now, with the same low settings on Linux, I'm barely getting 10 fps. What's going on? I'm using Lutris to run Warframe since the Steam version kicks me out with an unknown error. My laptop has 16 GB of RAM and Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics that support DirectX 12. Any insight on why this is happening?
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It sounds like your issue could be related to the overhead that comes with running games through Wine or Lutris. Those translation layers can add some lag because they need to convert Windows calls to something Linux can understand. Your RAM savings might not be helping if the game's performance is bottlenecked by that translation layer.
Any tips on fixing this? If it doesn't improve, I might just try to get Warframe working on Steam instead.