Performance issues (new to linux gaming)

Hello, long story short: Recently decided to switch to linux, games run... not great. For example this very same benchmark would've given me above 100 fps easily on windows (notice the low setting), and I know I'm the one doing something wrong because I've read people praising how well this game runs on linux
Laptop: Gigabyte AERO 16 XE5
Linux: Mint 22.1 Cinnamon 64 bit

Proton: GE 9 26

✅ Nvidia drivers properly installed through the driver manager
✅ Performance mode selected in power settings
✅ Nvidia performance mode selected in the little nvidia icon on the taskbar

✅ No additional software running in the background

any and all advice will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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