I just recently installed ubuntu 16.04 onto my PC, I am also a pretty big gamer, i love counter-strike global offensive, but for the life of me i cant get the game to run smoothly, In windows i get 200+ Fps silky smooth, but in ubuntu it randomly stutters/slows down, making the game very annoying to play. (this game is super competitive). I really want to say goodbye to windows, but i cant live without my CS GO!
I have installed the latest nvidia drivers and all OS updates have been downloaded and installed.
here are my specs:
Intel Core i5 4690k
16gb of ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 980Ti
I can max any game in windows, the power of my PC shouldnt be a problem right? Thank you all for any help! I am eager to get rid of windows, any help would greatly be appreciated.
Best Answer
I had the same problem with Kubuntu 16.10, but I fixed it today.
The update center showed up a notification after every boot, that third party software may be needed for my system to work properly. I clicked on the notification and a dialog opened. It took some time, but after a few minutes the dialog showed the message, that the system needs the package
intel-microcode:amd64
to run properly.Here is the log entry of the operation apt did:
Since I installed those two packages CS:GO runs perfectly smoothly with the graphics pushed to the maximum.