Can/should I use gamescope launch commands in steam? Will this improve performance? If so, what is the proper installation method?

You can also enable Gamescope via Steam. In the properties for each game you can pass a command line the same way you would for enabling FSR in Desktop Steam. [steam] This is for Gamemode: gamemoderun gamescope –mangoapp -w 640 -h 380 -W 1920 -H 1080 -F fsr -f – %command% Use this if you want …

Here you can find an explanation: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gamescope

Thank you for that! Still, the link seems to focus on the steamdeck, while I’m seeing posts like this where users are using it on a desktop pc to enable FSR on games that don’t support it, fixes for older games, & games that block alt-tabbing. I haven’t found any discussions suggesting use on Bazz…

Not sure if anyone else has the same weird needs that I do, but I move my PC around to different displays a bit and I have to update my launch options every time, which is very annoying. The three different contexts I use my PC with are: at my desk (3440x1440@175hz w/ HDR and VRR) on my living ro…

I find gamescope is good at helping manage the actual game window. At least back in the day, fullscreen, running a resolution different from native desktop, and just games in general could have really weird integration with the desktop (i.e. alt-tabbing completely breaking the desktop). This seems t…

Gamescope/Gamemode for desktop?

Bazzite

Plyply September 6, 2024, 1:24pm 4

You could use Bottles or Lutris to enable Gamescope.
I use Bottles myself. here is a picture of Gamescope settings.

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