For details about the specific compute shader in this game that is slow on NVIDIA see Sonic Frontiers: Generally poor performance. · Issue #3077 · doitsujin/dxvk · GitHub I consider it unplayable at least, at my native 1440p res it frequently drops to ~20ish FPS (RTX 2080). On AMD the game runs fin…

We have filed a bug 3879314 internally for tracking purpose. Shall try for local repro which will help in debugging.

@amrits thanks for logging that bug. Can you estimate when we can expect to receive a new driver where this is resolved?

@RPGHiro We were able to duplicate issue locally and debugging is in progress. Shall update once it is root caused. Thanks for being patient with us.

@amrits Hello, is there any update on the debugging process?

We were able to identify the issue and have the required fix. Shall update once driver with the fix is released publicly.

@amrits Hello, has the driver update been released already? Or is there an expected release date?

@amrits Any ETA on the release of the driver with the fix? Thanks <3

It’s not released yet, I am checking with the team and will update once it is done.

ive just tested the game for about an hour on Arch Linux, RTX 3080, i7 11700k, 32gb of ram, and can say that i didnt see any graphical glitches anymore, and the performance seems to be “perfect” again. quite similar to windows, if not better. i already gave the people in the github tracker ( Sonic F…

Driver bug - unplayable performance in Sonic Frontiers

Graphics / Linux Linux

amrits August 21, 2023, 12:33pm 10

Please test with driver 535.98 and share test results.

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Driver bug - unplayable performance in Sonic Frontiers

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