so I tried for the longest time to game on my 12-16 year old system with varying results. the constant issue was with Far Cry 5 - whatever I tried, it was always laggy, choppy, sometimes it’s 30 fps, sometimes it’s 50, altering resolutions, details, nothing worked or at least, no consistent results. my specs are above the recommended ones (i5-4670K, 16 GB, RX 580 8 GB, Fedora 44, Lutris, Wine 11.x) yet it always ran like ass.
so I read somewhere that the new NTSYNC is da bomb for CPU heavy games, which this one is, and in lieu of any succinct tutorial, I stumbled around and did the following:
sudo dnf install ntsync-autoloadsudo modprobe ntsync- turned off Esync and Fsync in Lutris
ran it with MANGOHUD_CONFIG=full to verify, and verily, there it is, says NTSYNC.
the game - forgetaboutit, butter smooth, constant 60 fps, no issues, no stutters, no frame gen spikes, this is like a new machine!
so it’s possible this isn’t the proper way to do it, but if you got issues, doesn’t hurt to try.
I see. Sounds like an issue with the installer script for that thing. Because why would it download Steam Runtime and Sniper Runtime for Steam if you don’t use Steam at all.
Whatever it’s good to know one can use NTSync like you described in your post. I wouldn’t have thought it made such a big difference. I also have a PC from that era too (before I upgraded), DDR-3 based and same generation as your CPU. It’s not in use right now, but thought out to put it out just for fun.