If you are gaming on linux, you might have less than optimal performance when gaming. You might think that there is no way to improve your performance, but there is. It is called gamemode. gamemode…
  • PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    This looks a bit shady. Im not gonna use a weird OS tweak. Maybe if some sound source (like a magazine) reports about it.

    • Amicese@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      gamemode is preinstalled in Ubuntu; but that doesn’t mean it is safe to use. (A lot of Ubuntu (and derivative) packages are long outdated; inkscape on Ubuntu is still 0.4.7. On Manjaro: the inkscape package is currently at version 1.1.2.) I wouldn’t exactly rely on authority here.

      Also, Games are designed to be performant without external tweaks; applying these external tweaks could potentially mess up the game’s performance.

    • freely@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      Looks like it automates stuff you can do yourself. Basically a scheduler tweaking tool, along with some sort of GPU tweaks.

      I found the source code here https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode

      Feral Interactive is a reputable game porting company. Coupled with the open source code, I’d reckon it’s probably fine. How much it actually improves performance, idk. Can’t imagine it’s that mind-blowing on a modern pc, but maybe it helps on old/underspec’d machines.

      • PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        Thanks for the info and for the link.

        I quote what it does from there:

        • CPU governor
        • I/O priority
        • Process niceness
        • Kernel scheduler (SCHED_ISO)
        • Screensaver inhibiting
        • GPU performance mode (NVIDIA and AMD), GPU overclocking (NVIDIA)
        • Custom scripts

        I still fear that I would crush my installed Linux with gamemode.