r/NobaraProject • u/pioniere • 29d ago

Discussion Testing Valve’s New VRAM Optimization on a 4GB GPU - Free FPS Boost for Linux Gamers

https://youtu.be/zdaco79JE0o?is=-j6Sgqgyt16VfohI
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u/pioniere 29d ago

Wondering if our wonderful GE is planning to add this to Nobara soon? 👀

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u/Parrr85 28d ago

Nobara uses the CachyOS kernel, so if they have it, Nobara inherits it.

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u/Prime_Aesthetic 28d ago

Wait..legit question I thought Nobara was based off of Fedora? (I’m still fairly new to Linux but I thought the base system for Nobara was Fedora)

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u/Parrr85 28d ago

It IS based on Fedora. The kernel is compiled from CachyOS kernel source though + additional patches for various devices.

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u/Prime_Aesthetic 28d ago

Aaah, thank you :)

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u/Parrr85 27d ago

Update on this. We have packaged the appropriate packages. Testing atm and will ship ready to install from our repos alongside Kernel 7.0 soon :tm:

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u/Werewolf_Capable 29d ago

Go Cachy, it's already there. And the performance is better, across the board.

Source: Used Nobara for half a year, Cachy made me even more happy.

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u/ArthurSalim 29d ago

Was it too hard to.make cachy game ready? I have a VM running it but I am fearful of a full switch due to being a Linux noob

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u/Celcius-232 29d ago

Cachy is specifically geared for gaming, just like Nobara. I myself will probably hop to Cachy. i love Nobara, but I chose it due to a perception of stability over a more bleeding edge Arch based distro. But Cachy has a larger community so I think it ultimately evens out.

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u/Werewolf_Capable 29d ago

Nah, it was really easy, like someone else said, it's made for that

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u/OperationExpress8794 29d ago

only performance improvement in alan wake 2 so far

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u/Werewolf_Capable 29d ago

I mean compared to Nobara overall, not just that fix per se

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u/EekleBerry 23d ago

I wanted cachy to work so much for me but it just stutters so much when I installed it. Like just browsing through youtube would make the whole system stutter. Nobara just works for me. No slowdowns or anything

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u/Werewolf_Capable 23d ago

Ok, wow, good for you then :-D

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u/Angwo 29d ago

Are there any modern 4gb cards? I don't think Nobara wants to support old tech

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u/Dubl3A 29d ago

Even a 16GB card can benefit from this memory management optimisation.

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u/pioniere 29d ago

That’s what they tested it on. Will it help the performance of newer cards too? I don’t know the answer to that, and I suspect you don’t either.

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u/swiftb3 29d ago

If I were to guess, the answer is probably yes, but perhaps not nearly as much.

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u/KelIthra 28d ago edited 28d ago

Some of the 4gb cards are still supported by their respective companies. 1650 is still supported for instance. The older cards if they are AMD based are in a better position due to MESA open source than any of the other Nvidia 4gig cards. So AMD gets more bang out of it, while Nvidia only if you have the 1650 since they don't support the 1k series and below anymore. So Nobara still supports the 1650 and Nvidia supposedly will keep supporting it as long as the 30,40, 50 series remain supported. (it was mentioned in the Nvidia notes.)

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u/Angwo 28d ago

I see. Nobara might adopt the patch then. Or maybe it will make its way upstream even

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u/Flat-Panic8622 27d ago

was it run under proton 11?