Canonical is making it easier for ARM64 Ubuntu users like those on the NVIDIA DGX Spark to do a bit of gaming with Steam. Canonical engineers have assembled a Steam Snap for 64-bit ARM that comes complete with the FEX emulator for running Windows/Linux x86-based games on ARM64 Linux.

Following quiet testing in recent weeks, today Canonical engineer Mitchell Augustin announced the ARM64 Steam Snap as well as an ARM64 version of the gaming-graphics "gaming-graphics-core24" Snap.

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Similar to how Valve will use FEX-Emu for running Windows/Linux x86/x86_64 games on the Snapdragon-powered Steam Frame, the Steam Snap ARM64 is also bundling that Valve-sponsored emulator.

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Most of the Steam Snap ARM64 testing has been done from the NVIDIA DGX Spark with the NVIDIA 580 series binary driver.

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Those testing have found decent performance with the Steam Snap ARM64 to handle games like Cyberpunk 2077, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, and others.

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More details on the Steam Snap for ARM64 via the [5]Ubuntu Discourse .

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Looks like I'll need to try that on the [7]Snapdragon X1 Elite and [8]Dell Pro Max GB10 hardware. In fact, the screenshots in this article are of this new Steam Snap already up and running on the Dell Pro Max GB10... Stay tuned.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=steam_snap_arm64_1_lrg

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=steam_snap_arm64_2_lrg

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=steam_snap_arm64_3_lrg

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=steam_snap_arm64_4_lrg

[5] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-steam-snap-for-arm64/74719

[6] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=2026&image=steam_snap_arm64_5_lrg

[7] https://www.phoronix.com/review/snapdragon-x1e-september

[8] https://www.phoronix.com/review/dell-pro-max-gb10-llama-cpp