Constant stuttering in Games

After a month, I decided to play Grand Theft Auto V (Steam, Bazzite-Deck Image) and as soon as I loaded the game, I was getting max 14-15 fps with GPU (RX 6600XT) at 99%
When entering game menu, it goes up to my monitors refresh rate and is very smooth.
I didn't have this issue on Bazzite in October
Also, I noticed that after a while, Rocket League (added to Steam through Heroic) also caps at 25 fps (should be above 300fps)
What causes these issues and how can I fix them?

Bazzie-Deck 41 stable (up to date)
5600g, rx 6600xt, 16gb ram
Freesync enabled, frame rate limit 165hz, no hdr

Solution

I guess I could try deleting proton files and see if that helps

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HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:12 PM

start the game then CTRL+ALT+F4 and run this

both numbers should be identical

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 5:25 PM

they're the same (130000000)

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 5:25 PM

I ran the game in gaming mode btw

CChris I ran the game in gaming mode btw

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:29 PM

i know, i just wanted to check since the description you provided is similar to what happens is steam manages to force dedicated gpus to 30W which is one of the earliest things i helped fix here and its the first thing i check each time someone has issues like this.

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:30 PM

another thing i would suggest is to try uninstall lact if you have it installed

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 5:30 PM

no, never used/installed it

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:31 PM

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:32 PM

i own gta on steam so i guess i can fire it up and check if i can reproduce as i got the same gpu

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:32 PM

dont have the same cpu though

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:39 PM

what is your resolution?

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 5:50 PM

@Chris at least for GRA i could replicate the issue (but at 30fps)
put the game into windowed mode then back to fullscreen and it magically fixed it (vsync was also originally on "half" so i switched that on or off first before changing display mode)

HHikariKnight what is your resolution?

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 6:12 PM

1440p

HHikariKnight @Chris at least for GRA i could replicate the issue (but at 30fps) put the game ...

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 6:13 PM

I have vsync off, tried switching windowing modes already, unfortunately didnt help

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 6:13 PM

then i dont really know

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 6:13 PM

here is what i did

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 6:15 PM

boot gta5
try change textures as it was set to very high so i set it to high
restarted gta5 (forced by setting change)
change vync as i noticed it was on half
change display modes
it now worked
changed display mode back to fullscreen and it still worked
?????

HHikariKnight * boot gta5 * try change textures as it was set to very high so i set it to high...

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 6:41 PM

Sadly none of these worked for me. Whats funny is that when I opened the Steam menu (PS Button), the game completely froze and I had to force shutting it down

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 6:41 PM

Now after launching it I just see a black screen lol

Solution

Chris•11/27/24, 6:41 PM

I guess I could try deleting proton files and see if that helps

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 6:47 PM

i would try that

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 7:34 PM

Clean launch fixed the problem, @HikariKnight thank you for helping!
Still have to check what causes the issue in rocket league

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 7:35 PM

no idea about rocket league sadly

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 10:20 PM

@HikariKnight I tried playing multiple other games (NFS Most Wanted 2012, NFS Hot Pursuit Remastered) and they all seem to be affected by the same issue. FPS is capped to about 15fps or even 6fps in Most Wanted and nothing I tried seems to help. GPU is at 99% but draws only 50W

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 10:21 PM

i cant replicate that myself on any of my games, although i dont own the same games

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 10:22 PM

And again in menus the frame rate is fine, only while in the "world" it stutters

HHikariKnight i cant replicate that myself on any of my games, although i dont own the same ga...

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 10:22 PM

It must be sth on my system then

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 10:23 PM

i got a threadripper 1920x cpu thats the only difference other than the game

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 10:31 PM

Trying more games and they all have the issue

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 10:31 PM

What should I do in this case?

HHikariKnight i got a threadripper 1920x cpu thats the only difference other than the game

ChrisOP•11/27/24, 11:04 PM

Tested the same games in Desktop mode and they all work fine. There is something wrong in Gaming Mode then.

CChris Tested the same games in Desktop mode and they all work fine. There is something...

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 11:13 PM

try launch them with as the launch option

HikariKnight•11/27/24, 11:14 PM

should disable "steamdeck" configs for most games launched like this

HHikariKnight try launch them with `SteamDeck=0 %command%` as the launch option

ChrisOP•11/28/24, 4:34 PM

That didnt help. I tried some other non steam games (Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Chase) and they seem to work as usual. It only seems to affect Steam games in Gaming mode (however in Desktop mode performance is still lower than it used to be.

ChrisOP•11/28/24, 4:34 PM

Could it be caused by the 3rd larty launchers?

HikariKnight•11/28/24, 5:04 PM

no idea

Ratha•11/29/24, 2:14 PM

U probably need to install Lact and downclock ur GPU to 2044mhz.

Ratha•11/29/24, 2:15 PM

I have the same GPU. I think running at default speed (overclocked by AMD genius ) at 2600mhz cause the stability issue.

ChrisOP•11/29/24, 4:15 PM

But what changed? It worked just fine before the latest updates and only affects Steam games

HikariKnight•11/29/24, 4:42 PM

and i have the same gpu and do not need to do that

ChrisOP•11/29/24, 5:05 PM

Maybe the iGPU is causing it?
I remember having this problem once on Fedora but it was a long time ago

HikariKnight•11/29/24, 5:58 PM

oh right i vaguely remember reading about some motherboards for the newer cpus than mine causing stuttering if the igpu was enabled while having a dgpu

ChrisOP•12/2/24, 8:34 PM

Quick bump:
updated BIOS with PI ComboAM4v2 1.2.0.Cc and reinstalled Bazzite, so far getting mixed results, with some Steam games performing as they should and some (especially EA titles) still running with noticeably less fps