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I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS 64-bit with all the latest updates installed.
My system specs are an Intel-i5 @ 3.4 GHz and I'm using a nVidia GTX 650 Ti from Zotac and the version 349.16 of the proprietary driver from the xorg-edgers PPA.
Here's what steam says about my system (I tried to translate most of it from German to English :D):
Spoiler, click me
manufacturer: GenuineIntel
CPU-family: 0x6
CPU-model: 0x3a
CPU-Stepping: 0x9
CPU-Type: 0x0
Speed: 3401 MHz
4 logic processors
4 technical processors
HyperThreading: not supported
FCMOV: supported
SSE2: supported
SSE3: supported
SSSE3: supported
SSE4a: not supported
SSE41: supported
SSE42: supported
operating system:
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (64 Bit)
Kernel-Name: Linux
Kernel-Version: 3.13.0-52-generic
X-Server-Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X-Server-Release: 11501000
X-windowmanager: Compiz
Steam-Runtime-Version: steam-runtime-release_2015-01-06
graphic card:
driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 650 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
driver version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 349.16
OpenGL-Version: 4.5
Desktop-color depth: 24 Bit per Pixel
Monitor-refresh rate: 60 Hz
Anbieterkennung: 0x10de
Gerätekennung: 0x11c6
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of logical graphics cards: 1
Prim. resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
Prim. display size: 53,1 cm x 29,9 cm (60,9 cm diag.)
primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
primary VRAM: 1024 MB
sipported MSAA-Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x
Soundcard:
Audio device: Realtek ALC887-VD
Storage:
RAM: 7932 MB
Weitere Daten:
UI-Sprache: Deutsch (Deutsch)
SPRACHE: de_DE.UTF-8
Mikrofon: Not set
free disk space available: 454307 MB
biggest empty hard drive sector: 124271 MB
System: Host: W Kernel: 3.18.14-1-MANJARO x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.9.2) Desktop: KDE 5
Distro: ManjaroLinux 0.8.13-rc1 Ascella
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 980] bus-ID: 04:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 driver: nvidia
Resolution: [email protected], [email protected]
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 980/PCIe/SSE2
GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 349.16 Direct Rendering: Yes
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