I’m dual booting Pop_OS and Windows 11 for now while l try things out. I went with Pop_OS for the NVIDIA drivers, since I have a NVIDIA card. Installation went smoothly, but setup is where things started to get a little weird.
I have 2 monitors, a main 360hz monitor and a secondary 165hz monitor. I seem to be able to have them both working at the same time in Windows 11 without issue, but in Pop_OS, setting the refresh rate to 360hz on the first monitor causes both displays to stop working properly. The 360hz monitor will stop displaying picture all-together, and the 165hz monitor will start flickering wildly. Turning off the second monitor brings the 360hz’s image back, but then I’m down a monitor. Also, if I set the refresh rate to anything lower than 360hz, they’ll both work. I’d like to still be able to use it at the native refresh rate, but I can’t seem to find any other solutions or anyone else who seems to have had this same issue.
My second (slightly less annoying) issue is that I can’t seem to use HDR in games. Is this normal, or is there something I can do to bring back support?
Also, if Pop_OS isn’t the way to go, please let me know! I tried Nobara first, but immediately had issues with the displays locking up and flickering before I even got it installed.
Nope. I was actually able to get it working the other day after ditching flatpak and re-installing Steam, Gamescope, and MangoHUD with DNF instead. All the guides I read said that flatpak would be no issue, but it was clear that as soon as I referenced any of the above applications in the launch arguments it would fail to load because it didn’t understand what I was asking to launch.
So, all in all, I now have Rocket League running at a high framerate with FSR on integrated graphics. It only took two days :P