I’ve got my gaming PC plugged into the TV. Here are the specs.

6700 XT

R5 1600AF

32 giggle-bits of RAM

Plasma 6 Wayland

Arch Linux

My desktop is in 4k, but my steam games only go to 1080. I’m pretty sure my drivers are up to date. Any guidance is appreciated 🙏🙏

  • CubitOomEnglish
    6•23 hours ago

    Would need a bit more context too help diagnose.

    First question is if you’re HDMI or DisplayPort cable is actually plugged into the GPU or if it’s plugged into the monitor.

    Now depending on your desktop environment (DE), you should be able to verify what aspect ratio your display is actually set to by going to your display settings. Again this depends on your DE, how to do this in gnome is different than how to do it in kde.

    You can also verify if your game is set to output 2160p (4k). Sometimes game settings get reset depending on the game. Also make sure the game is actually using your GPU. Maybe try a linux native game like super tux cart just to help diagnose the issue.

    Also how did you verify that you have the latest drivers for your gpu

    • BizzleOPEnglish
      3•23 hours ago

      I’m plugged in with a high speed HDMI right into my GPU

      My aspect ratio on kde display settings is 16:9, resolution 3640x2160

      I’ve played in 4k on this machine before with these games, but that was before I reinstalled a couple weeks ago to fix a different problem (mostly Helldivers 2, DOOM 2016, and CoD WWII)

      I ran

      paru -Syyu amdgpu

      I could be missing something though theoretically I’m not out to say I know everything

      • CubitOomEnglish
        4•21 hours ago

        I don’t have much experience with AMD gpus on Arch.

        I was looking at the Arch AMD GPU wiki page and it looks like you might also need to run

        pacman -S vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon mesa lib32-mesa xf86-video-amdgpu

        But admittedly there’s a lot about AMD GPU drivers I don’t understand. Like how to verify your driver in installed correctly.

        You might also want to try out amdgpu_top or radeontop to monitor what the GPU is doing.

        • BizzleOPEnglish
          5•21 hours ago

          I appreciate your help my dude I think I was missing lib32-mesa, it’s all good now