[Solved]Low FPS while gaming Steam games on Linux

I have low fps (range between 10-30) while gaming Steam games on Linux in e.g. Dota 2 on ultra low graphics game settings.
System info:
Linux 3.17.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 7 23:43:32 UTC 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Hardware:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90GHz
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
NVIDIA Corporation GT 620M
4 GB RAM
I have installed next packages:
extra/mesa 10.4.1-1
extra/mesa-libgl 10.4.1-1
multilib/lib32-mesa 10.4.1-1
multilib/lib32-mesa-libgl 10.4.1-1
extra/xf86-video-intel 2.99.917-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)
extra/libcl 1.1-4
extra/nvidia 343.36-2
extra/nvidia-utils 343.36-1
extra/opencl-nvidia 343.36-1
multilib/lib32-libcl 1.1-1
multilib/lib32-nvidia-utils 343.36-1
multilib/lib32-opencl-nvidia 343.36-1
community/bbswitch 0.8-20
community/bumblebee 3.2.1-8
community/primus 20131226-1
multilib/lib32-primus 20131226-1
My bumblebee.conf: config
Logs while starting Steam: steam_logs
Dota 2 starts with launch option:
primusrun %command%
Logs while starting Dota2 form Steam: steam_logs_doat2
Can anybody help me?
Last edited by artem.jackson (2015-01-20 09:26:57)

Alad, I have noticed only one similar error:
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libdlfaker.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored
You probably want to start a 32-bit application with bumblebee on a 64-bit system. See the "Note" box in Installation.
but I have all needed lib32.
Or am I wrong?
Last edited by artem.jackson (2015-01-12 17:50:54)

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