Sniper Elite 3 B580 horrible texture artifacts linux only

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I am getting very bad texture/shadow artifacts when attempting to play this game on linux. There are no such issues on windows 11.

Game: Sniper Elite III via Steam

Game settings: Ultra game preset (although this happens under any setting presets and resolutions)

PC: i7-13700 with ReBAR enabled, 32G RAM, NVME drives

Os/Drivers:

- Windows 11 - latest available, as of 2025-10-20

- Mint 22 (Ubuntu 24.04) - Mesa 25.0.7, latest available from Intel PPA (see screenshot for details)

Example videos:

Win 11 

Linux 

[KennethB_Intel]

Hello -crash-,

Thank you for reaching out to the Intel Community Forum. I understand you're experiencing severe texture and shadow artifacts when playing Sniper Elite III on Linux, while the same issue does not occur on Windows 11. I would like to gather more information to help investigate this further:

• When did this issue start happening?
• How often does the issue occur—does it happen immediately upon launching the game or after a certain period?
• Have there been any recent changes to your system, such as OS updates, driver updates, or new software installations?
• Have you tried using different versions of the Mesa driver or switching to a different kernel version?
• Could you please provide an SSU log of your system? You can find instructions on How to get the Intel® System Support Utility Logs on Windows*

Please provide these details so I can further assist you in identifying the root cause of the issue.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Kenneth B.

Intel Customer Support Technician

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It happens immediately when starting the game. This is a new game to me, so I don't know if it's a recent change. As part of the attempts to fix it, I added the Intel PPA and upgraded the drivers from there. I have not tried switching kernels.

Do you actually want me to run SSU on windows?

[KennethB_Intel]

Hello -crash-,

Apologies for the confusion regarding the SSU. Please run the Intel® System Support Utility for the Linux* Operating System so we can further investigate this.

Also, if possible, please try sharing a video of the issue.

Looking forward to your response.

Best regards,

Kenneth B.

Intel Customer Support Technician

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Kenneth, the links to videos are linked in the original post.

SSU is attached.

[KennethB_Intel]

Hello -crash-,

Thank you for providing the SSU logs. Please allow me some time to conduct a more thorough internal investigation to better understand the issue and identify the appropriate steps to take.

I will make sure to provide you with an update as soon as possible once I have more information to share.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Kenneth B.

Intel Customer Support Technician

[KennethB_Intel]

Hello -crash-,

May I kindly ask if you have already tried using different Linux drivers to see if the issue persists?

Additionally, I recommend updating your BIOS to version 7E01vMF. This may help resolve the issue you are encountering.

Please let me know the results after performing these steps so I can continue assisting you further.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Kenneth B.

Intel Customer Support Technician

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Hello.

I have just updated the BIOS and there is no difference.

I had tried playing with one prior driver version, and there was no difference.

[KennethB_Intel]

Hello -crash-,

Thank you for your update and for confirming that updating the BIOS and trying a previous driver version did not resolve the issue.

To help replicate and investigate the texture and shadow artifacts further, may I kindly ask for the following additional details:

• Have you tried launching the game with any specific launch options or environment variables?
• Are you using any third-party tools while running the game?
• Could you please share with us the in-game settings you are using?
• Have you tried resetting the BIOS settings to their default settings?
• Are you able to try different graphics driver versions? If so, could you please confirm which driver versions you have already tried?

I will wait for your response so I can continue assisting you further Once I receive your response, I will conduct further internal investigation.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Kenneth B.

Intel Customer Support Technician

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I've narrowed it down to a shadow problem, because that is the only setting that makes a difference. If I set shadows to "low", they still glitch and flicker terribly, but there are fewer of them.

None of the other display settings make any difference.

- no launch options

- no 3rd party tools

- steam overlay off/on makes no difference

- this happens at all resolutions

- resetting the bios does nothing

- as I said, this happened on the prior driver version, but I don't know the number

Are you able to reproduce this issue?

[KennethB_Intel]

Hello -crash-,

Thank you for your detailed response. Please allow me to perform an internal investigation. I'll get back to you as soon as I have available information.

Thank you!

Best regards,

Kenneth B.

Intel Customer Support Technician