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Is there an easy way to trick games into scaling? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 6 months ago by raptir to c/[email protected]
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I have a Framework 13 AMD - love it overall. I'm currently running opensuse with Plasma but would honestly be happy to switch DEs if this was possible elsewhere.

It has a moderately high resolution screen (2256x1504). For a lot of games the AMD can't quite keep up, but runs fine at lower resolutions. The problem is that most games will offer native resolution, but then offer "standard" resolutions below that rather than half native.

Is there a way (even if manually for each game) to tell Plasma (or GNOME if I have to go that route) to launch a game with half the screen resolution?

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (4 children)

gamescope sounds like exactly what you're looking for.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just wanted to report back that this worked perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's great! I'm glad it was that easy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

For any one who finds it in the future - I just set a Steam launch with gamescope set to half my native resolution, fullscreen and enabled fsr. Games run at the weird 1128x752 and FSR makes it look even better but I get great performance.

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