Quoting: Samsai

Quoting: ungutknutFor everyone interested in Windows vs. Linux Benchmarks of this game (don't klick if you're not prepared for bad news):
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=mordor-win10-linux&num=1 [External Link]

Here's another test coming to the same result:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89G9qHrjS4A [External Link]

Seems SOM needs some heavy optimization work.

Those Phoronix benchmarks are completely wrong and that's one of the reasons why we ran our own benchmarks. You can see Liam's 970 beat a 980 Ti so whatever Larabel did was completely wrong. The Windows results might be accurate but Linux most definitely isn't. Take the Phoronix results with a boatload of salt.

Saying it's "completely wrong" almost implies they lied about it. More than likely, you and Liam must have some configuration settings that make the game run better. It would be helpful for all of us to know what those settings are (on your desktop, drivers and game). Perhaps you can help those of us who are getting numbers similar to Phoronix.

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The game is already able to get pretty high max framerate if you have powerful hardware. The problem is the minimum fps is considerably lower. It's shocking to the eyes if you're slashing orcs at 60 fps and suddenly dip down to 35. If you were already at 40 and dip down to 35, you might not notice as much. If you dip down to 18 or something like that, you're watching a slide show. What it needs is a more stable framerate. A solid 50, for example, would be smoother than fluctuating between 60 and 35, if that makes sense. I'm not advocating for a locked framerate at 30, just that consistency is as important as speed.

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Quoting: ColoneilOk so I did some testings and found a spot in the game where theses slowdowns are always happening, this allowed me to check my hdd led which is not blinking at all during the slowdowns, it looks therefore that this is not an hard drive loading issue... I also took a video of the slowdowns which are occurring whatever the settings (slowest or very high) ... View video on youtube.com

Right, I don't think it's a hard drive issue. I ran the game on Windows for several months using the same hard drive that my Linux install is using. The game probably just needs some more optimization. Let's hope it's not that OpenGL is just inferior or something like that.

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Quoting: ColoneilAnyone else also getting framerate drops sometime? I have a GTX 960 on steamos and getting an average of 60fps on high settings in the benchmark but for some reason sometimes the games really slow down for a few seconds ...

I've tried to pinpoint a particular setting that might be causing it, but I can't find one. It also seems to happen randomly. You can do the same action twice and might not get the same fps drop.

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I already had the game on Windows. If I buy the GOTY upgrade on Linux, will it count as a Linux purchase?

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Quoting: berillionsNo problem for with an Intel I7 + GeForce 970M + 352.21 driver.
I have between 40-50 FPS with High settings.

What type of storage are you using? HDD or SSD?

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Quoting: ProfessorKaos64What is with the recommended specs? An i7 for a 2012 game?

Keep in mind, there are several generations of i7s. It's an unfortunate naming system that Intel has. An i5 from 2013 might beat the 2012 i7. I've played the game on Windows and could crank up most settings on my i5 and GTX 660. With my GTX 970, I could crank them all up without dropping below 60 fps.

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Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: melkemindEven dropping all settings to lowest doesn't stop it.

Intel i5-3350P
Nvidia GTX 970
352.30 driver

Just to be sure, remember that for some settings to be applied you need to restart the game (if you want to try lower textures for example).

Yep, I tried that because I also just updated to the driver I mentioned and rebooted to try it. If no one else is experiencing this, maybe it's some configuration issue I have in Ubuntu, since exact same hardware has no issues in Windows.

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Quoting: edddeduckferal

Quoting: dawidd6I'm little dissapointed with performance of this game. When i've played it on windows right after release, i could run the game smooth on high/medium with pretty stable fps. On linux i'm running it on low with unstable fps. I hope there will be an update fixing the performance.

Are you playing on Nvidia? In most cases we are in a similar range to Windows level performance so if you think you have a very large delta please let us know so we have investigate.

Thank You

I'm getting frequent dips in framerate as well. It generally runs very well, even on high/ultra settings. I can get above 60 fps, but when I turn the camera or sometimes when fighting, it will dip as low as 35 fps, which is a pretty noticeable jump. I didn't have that problem on Windows. It seems kind of random. I can't reproduce it with any consistency. Even dropping all settings to lowest doesn't stop it.

Intel i5-3350P
Nvidia GTX 970
352.30 driver

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4 and a half hour download for me. Darn interweb.

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