Wine 10.16 released with fast synchronization support using NTSync

​In good news after 3 compile errors in my case, make a update for xubuntu packages (include lastest ernst ppa with vulkan 1.4.328) and make a memtest (ok) for discard

Now compile correctly

Sadly ntsync dont appear in wsync item according mangohud, tested using tokio xtreme racer




Last edited by Liam Dawe on 6 Oct 2025 at 12:13 pm UTC

Just FYI, Imgur links are banned in the UK nowadays: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/09/statement-update-on-imgur-investigation/ [External Link]


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 6 Oct 2025 at 11:28 am UTC

Just tried this with Stalker 2 -
kernel 6.16.10 ; Wine 10.16 ; GE-Proton10-17 ; ntsync module loaded (from kernel)
but only "fsync up and running", with and without "PROTON_USE_NTSYNC=1".

Any ideas?

In phoronix with shmerl information seems works in my case
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shmerl information:

You need several things for it to work:

* Wine built with linux-headers-amd64 installed for recent enough kernel.
* Running on recent kernel
* Making sure ntsync kernel module is active (by default kernel provides it as loadable module).

For the first two, no idea if Xubuntu's kernel is recent enough.

For the last one (assuming kernel is good for it), do something like this:

[code]sudo modprobe ntsync[/code]

Or add ntsync to /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf to load it on boot.

With wine git some weeks before appear without need make anything of this, only need have a recent kernel actually 6.16 (used in before weeks for test)


However using shmerl command now seems loaded:

the-burrito-triangle information

Thanks sherml. It looks like its working for me. `lsmod` shows the ntsync module loaded with 0 "used by", opening a Windows app with Wine and running lsmod again shows 730 "used by".

I'm not sure if mangohud actually checks for ntsync correctly now that it is finally in vanilla Wine and undergone various changes / refactoring to get merged. For checking FPS and frametime spikes, I prefer using Mesa's built-in huds:

OpenGL
export GALLIUM_HUD=fps,frametime

#Vulkan
export VK_LOADER_LAYERS_ENABLE=VK_LAYER_MESA_overlay
#not required, but can be used to customize the Vulcan hud
export VK_LAYER_MESA_OVERLAY_CONFIG=

In my case shmerl command work curiously in mangohud dont appear but using dirt 3 benchmark results change a bit at least in min

Default: 145fps avg - 117fps min

NTSync: 145fps avg - 121fps min
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Last edited by Liam Dawe on 6 Oct 2025 at 12:13 pm UTC

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/wine-10-16-released-with-fast-synchronization-support-using-ntsync/?comment_id=284125

Sadly however many other countries can see for now

Sure, but as the Admin, I cannot verify what you're linking. So you need to either use a different service or just not link to imgur. I've removed the links. So keep that in mind.


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 6 Oct 2025 at 12:14 pm UTC

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/wine-10-16-released-with-fast-synchronization-support-using-ntsync/?comment_id=284131

And which services are valid in uk?

I was on a VPN while in the UK so I wouldn't know if it works there, but postimages dot org is a good alternative to imgur .

Congrats on ntsync release! 🎉🎉 I've been waiting for a while, since esync was dropped in wine (staging) 10.11 and there was no fast sync in wine or wine staging until now.


Last edited by Shmerl on 6 Oct 2025 at 4:09 pm UTC

Now I wonder when NTSync will be available on GE Proton..

Now I wonder when NTSync will be available on GE Proton..

Since July?
https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases [External Link]

I haven't played any Windows games in a while, but I launched one in Lutris just to check: NTSync works fine with latest GE-Proton from UMU, as long as the kernel module is loaded.