You should provide a log file.

I think Factorio might be using your CPU to render graphics instead of the GPU.

0.050 Initialised OpenGL:[1] llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8, 256 bits); driver: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 24.2.5-arch1.1


Hello, I can see OpenGL initialized using llvmpipe driver (https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/llvmpipe.html) which is software rasterizer - meaning, OpenGL does not use your GPU, it ...

On Linux, as soon as the loading screen with "Loading sprites" finishes and I get the Main menu, factorio exhausts all cores on the CPU as long as the game is running. FPS seems to oscillate around 2-5, both on Main menu & in game, depending on what's displayed in the background (in Main menu ...