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Are there any guides on the most efficient way to set up a low-spec system? (piefed.social)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by djdarren@piefed.social to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I've recently resurrected my partner's old gaming PC by wiping the Windows install and putting Kubuntu on it. It's a reasonably old machine at this point, but it's still capable enough to play games like Red Dead 2 without any issues.

It's running an AMD 8120 3.10Ghz CPU, with an Nvidia GTX 1060 GPU, with 16Gb RAM.

The GPU happens to be the minimum spec for Cyberpunk, which runs pretty well on it. I have the Nvidia drivers installed and everything seems ok in that regard.

The trouble comes when I try to stream it to, well, anything other than its own screen. With both Steamlink and Sunshine/Moonlight it's unplayable. If/when a game does finally load, it runs at a good 5fps.

I'm pretty new to Linux gaming, so don't really know where to start, so also don't really know what questions I need to ask in the first place.

So yeah, which are the best guides to look at to figure out how best to optimise my setup?

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[–] Redkey@programming.dev 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Heh, TFW someone describes "resurrecting" a "low-spec" machine, and others talk about how old and out of date it is, and it's roughly equivalent to your main gaming PC.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Nice. Mine is a bit newer, but it wasn't long ago that I rocked a Phenom CPU with a 700 series GPU, which I later upgraded to a 900 series.

I'm now on something a bit newer with an AMD Ryzen 5600 and 6650XT, but that rig isn't all that different from what I ran before this one.

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, I was trying to avoid replies from the kind of person who'd say "your shit's too old! Get a new one!" when the point of what I'm doing is giving new life to a forgotten computer.

As I said, it still plays RDR2 beautifully, so for that reason alone I'm keen to get it running as well as I can, because I love getting lost in that wilderness.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

Nah, you're cool. I know my system's old, but as you say there's still plenty of life in it, so I'll keep it for now. Especially since I stick entirely to indie games these days.

But actually, I'm keeping an eye on auctions for something just a few years newer. Games that require AVX2 extensions are finally starting to come out, and my CPU doesn't support them. Even with indie games, most of them use third-party engines, so it might not be too much longer before it's an issue even for me.