Runs like a total ass on Linux
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My Legion Go S runs it fine with Bazite.
Runs fine on my Fedora desktop and steam deck.
I’m on Fedora as well, 5800X3D + 9070XT +64GB RAM. Extreme settings anything else but locked 60FPS feels like playing on a rubber band, it’s not FPS stutter but the entire game physics keep slowing down and speeding up every few seconds.
Only environmental textures to LOW or lock to 60FPS via Mangohud makes it playable. I’ve tried Proton GE 10-34 and Experimental, makes no difference.
That's a bummer. FH5 runs great on my Steam Deck with FSR.
FH6 runs fine on my Legion Go S with Bazite.
To be devil’s advocate, the game’s focus is mostly online, so Denuvo doesn’t play a big role here.
IDK if I'd say it's well optimized. Definitely not as bad as other games, but for the power it's a downgrade from 5 to be sure.
It runs better than FH5 for me, at equivalent visuals. And it looks better with only slightly more taxing performance for me.
They fixed bugs too, like DLSS ghosting in FH5.
If you are running it on Linux though, be warned that the workarounds for it are crazy. It is not a good proton game yet.
Just had to load cachyos proton and it worked for me. Check protondb for your distro.
Even if it runs, and runs alright, that doesn’t mean it’s performant. Last I read from the dev comments, the workarounds for FH6 are gnarly and not optimized yet.
This is not a knock on proton; I run Cachy too. But I think that’s just the state of it.
I'm running Bazzite with a 3080 and its been around 90 FPS consistently at ultra settings without RT at 1440p. I've seen some odd artifacts here and there, but it's barely noticeable. Waiting for them to release the newer Nvidia driver.
Eh, well, I think its faster on Windows for me. I can hold 90 with an ultra/extreme mix + quality DLSS and RT reflections. 3440x1440.
I am on a 3090, but I have its clocks capped to try and squeeze lifespan out of it, so it's probably only a hair faster than your 3080.
But I admit, this is spitballing, as I haven't A/B tested it on Linux.
Ditto. Running it on my Legion Go S with Bazite (z1e/32gb) and I'm getting like 80-90 fps in balanced mode medium preset with frame gen. About 115-120+ in performance/custom. Nothing really weird outside of an occasional glitch. Actually loads WAY faster than FH5 for me.
like DLSS ghosting in FH5.
That was still an issue for me. I only got like 5 more FPS so I just turned it off.
What power?
Compute. Mostly GPU, the game doesn't seem to touch my CPU much.
It's maxed out both CPU and GPU for me if I crank the settings up, but it's not running well under Proton at the moment. Especially on AMD GPU. Microstutter hell.
Do you have an X3D cpu? I have seen some evidence it is related to the CPU as Nvidia users are also experiencing the micro-stuttering on proton.
I currently have two computers. One is Ryzen 5800X and an Geforce 4070TI. The other is Corei5 12600 and Radeon 9070XT.
I haven't had a chance to try the game on the Nvidia card yet, but ProtonDB gave me the impression it ran better on Nvidia at the moment.
My friend's system is a 7800x3d and it was super stuttery until he capped the FPS.
Capping the FPS externally is a good idea in pretty much all games.
Yeah, but going down from 120 to 60 just to get a playable experience sucks.
It doesn’t have to be 60. I cap mine just below my monitor’s refresh rate.
If you monitor doesnt have VRR, yeah… that’s an issue. You can use Fast/Enhanced Sync or SpecialK to minimize it, but still.
He had to cap it to 60 to get a playable experience. It was already capped to 120 originally, but the stuttering was too bad. The system couldn't do >120fps anyways.
I haven't had a chance to test Linux. All my testing has been Windows so far, but I have installed it on a Linux system. That system is pretty heavily CPU limited, but it's Nvidia.
My friend on Linux with AMD had a lot of stutters until he capped the game to 60fps.
Capping does nothing, neither does vsync at the moment. You can see ProtonDB which confirms this is true.
It'll run a little better if you turn graphics down to medium/low but there's still some microstutter even then. Gotta wait for updates.
Are you saying it draws less CPU resources while performing roughly the same?
No. It draws so much more from my GPU that my CPU is sitting relatively idle.
There is not much activity in this gaming space, likely why people are buying the same game for the third time.