[Solved] Terrible performance in Linux Mint compared to Windows

2026-04-30 00:52 UTC

I have an older computer that I use for some simple games. Its I5-7400, GTX-1050, 12GB memory, and an SSD - not new by any standards, but most of the games I’m playing are a decade old or more. I switched to Linux Mint today, since I don’t want to use Windows 11, but the performance on Mint is terrible compared to Windows 10. For example, in Portal 2’s native Linux version, I get like 10 fps in the title screen. War Thunder doesn’t even launch. The drivers are set to Nvidia’s proprietary drivers via the GUI. Am I missing something? I’d really rather not switch back to Windows. Edit: VulkanInfo is saying, “ERROR: [Loader Message] Code 0: loader_scanned_icd_add: Could not get ‘vkCreateInstance’ via…” It also seems to only be showing my CPU, not gpu? Not certain, since I don’t unstand a lot of the details, but it says, “deviceType = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU”. Edit 2: turning off secureboot fixed it.

Replies (6)

@rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2026-04-30 00:56

I haven’t used NVIDIA for years so I’m not much help with that, but have you tried using the Proton version of Portal? It usually works better than the native version.

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@Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 2026-04-30 00:59

I’m sorry I can’t really help in any meaningful way except to say I had the exact same terrible issues. I got an AMD card instead and all the problems are gone.

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@Skyline969@piefed.ca 2026-04-30 00:59

It is not my intention to question or insult your intelligence, only to offer a stupid solution as it’s happened before. Is your monitor connected to the video card and not accidentally the motherboard?

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@giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-30 01:19

I’m pretty sure the newer nvidia driver dropped support for the 1050. but I’m not sure which driver version was the last to support the 1050. whichever it is though, you will probably need to get that one.

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@CptHacke@piefed.social 2026-04-30 01:37

Check to make sure you are using the ‘recommended’ video driver for your system according to the driver manager. Also, check to make sure that you have installed all available updates through the updates manager. It sounds like you are using Steam, so I would recommend using the install directly from the official site instead of the flatpak, if that’s what you’ve done.

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@greevar@lemmy.world 2026-04-30 12:18

Secureboot isn’t worth the 1’s and 0’s it’s made of. It’s the illusion of security, since it was already defeated. It only inhibits incompetent hackers and malware. The weakest link in all computer security is always the user. SB just causes more problems than solutions.

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