No directx support on Nvidia card with nvidia drivers installed

Hello dear forum members,

I have newly installed garuda linux.

If I want to play some Steam games that require DirectX using Proton, such as Satisfactory or The Witcher 3, the following error message occurs:
"GPU does not meet minimal requirements. Support for DirectX 12 is required."

I have a GTX 1050 Ti, which usually has DirectX 12 support.

I have the proprietary nvidia drivers installed.
garuda-inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.85-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=051b462e-8f6c-4d58-b653-e70e4e3d5181 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    resume=UUID=9e316300-d64d-4a90-b3df-e9f45e31b598 loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.35 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: A320M-A PRO (MS-7C51) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.40
    date: 12/08/2020
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen level: v3
    note: check built: 2017-19 process: GF 14nm family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1
    stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001138
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2819 high: 2972 min/max: 1550/3200 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 2762 2: 2724
    3: 2926 4: 2972 5: 2724 6: 2720 7: 2781 8: 2915 9: 2776 10: 2918 11: 2820
    12: 2794 bogomips: 76790
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nvidia v: 525.60.11 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-12) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0
    driver: N/A display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.02x10.71")
    s-diag: 554mm (21.82")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
    size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.54") modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 525.60.11 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
    Ti/PCIe/SSE2 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 3-4:3 pcie: chip-ID: 03f0:018b
    gen: 3 class-ID: 0300 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 29:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2b:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: HP HyperX Cloud II Wireless type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.85-1-lts running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp37s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 190.98 GiB (13.5%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA050
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Intenso model: Alu Line
    size: 14.65 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: 8.07 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 190.97 GiB (20.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 190.97 GiB (20.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 190.97 GiB (20.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 922.42 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 190.97 GiB (20.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.71 GiB used: 9.5 MiB (0.1%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 30.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 28 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 45%
Info:
  Processes: 340 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.71 GiB
  used: 2.95 GiB (38.2%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1535
  libs: 488 tools: paru,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.24
Garuda (2.6.12-1):
  System install date:     2022-12-22
  Last full system update: 2022-12-23
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:    

I also have a lot of lag / stuttering when playing CS:GO. All solutions I found for this were related to installing the nvidia drivers, but I already have those installed. What do I miss?

Hi there, welcome to the forum!
Just to be sure...
Do you use the proprietary drivers for those games?

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Funnily enough, it doesn't even seem that prime-run is installed. The command is not found. With what package does it come?

The package name is nvidia-prime

Forget about it, sorry.
I've just seen you have a desktop, not an Optimus laptop.
That doesn't apply to you, Sorry again...

Okay, I've installed it anyways and nothing changed :smiley: . Is there another common solution to this problem?
Thank you for taking the time :+1:

Just install Garuda Linux KDE Dragonized Gaming :slight_smile: and check :slight_smile:

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You don’t have 2 GPUs, I’m not quite sure why you would need it.

That would seem like it’d be a proton issue? There is no directx on Linux, that’s all handled by the translation layer (wine/proton).

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Ok, so I solved it myself:
When installing steam native, it comes with the packages amdvlk and lib32-amdvlk that are somehow executed instead of their nvidia counterparts. I just removed them with pacman and everything worked.

Thank you everyone for you kind attempts at solving my problem!

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Is there maybe a way to help prevent something like this from occurring? It sounds like an edge-case situation, but all of the components mentioned seem to be pretty commonly used for any gamer.

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