I've spent a bit of time debugging this issue now so I want to write some of it down for people googling in future

The short version: I get almost double the FPS in Abiotic Factor by switching from the performance profile to power save:

• Performance - 20 fps
• Balanced - 29 fps
• Power save - 35 fps

I also just tested this in deep rock galactic and get a similar improvement (~24 fps -> ~35 fps)

More information:

I have a Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7620 with an i7-12700H with Iris XE integrated graphics. I noticed that my FPS increased when I unplugged the power cable, which automatically changes the power profile.

It seems that the main function of the power profile is to cap the CPU frequency, which makes more power available for the GPU to use, so it boosts higher. I'm also able to get the same effect by manually capping the CPU frequency with sudo cpupower frequency-set -u 1000MHz, even when the performance profile is enabled

Despite this, I'm still not able to get the GPU to run at 100% usage. I don't think it's thermal throttling because it never goes above ~55°C, so I wonder if it's limited by memory bandwidth since the CPU and GPU have to compete for the same memory. If anyone has any suggestions to help here I'd appreciate it. I've tried manually setting the GPU frequency to maximum with intel_gpu_frequency (provided by the igt-gpu-tools package) but it doesn't seem to make a difference

It also always seems to start at the maximum frequency (1400MHz) then drop to 1000Mhz or lower after a few seconds and stay there, as if it's thermal throttling. Again, I don't think the temperature is the issue as it's always quite cool, and I have the highest performance cooling/throttling settings enabled in the BIOS

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Hello Everybody, I was really instersted in playing Zelda and when I found out i Can play it on cemu I got it through wiiu downloader and the Game is runnig fine only issue is the controls i tried to set it up though keybinds in cemu but did't work and i can't seem to configure it And atm i can't get a controller if anybody can give any advise i would be thankfull Os is fedora KDE

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I tested Blair Witch (Epic Store) a few years back and the tainted camcorder controls made the game unplayable.

I tried it again with Proton and there are still some control issues, but it actually works!

https://youtu.be/Cgvg6JdcTwo

The real issue is the first video on the camcorder. Once I realized (Spoiler) how it interacts with the game I found that if you pause the first video when you see the toy police car, then all the videos work after that.

The real issue is the rewind control. Once you rewind the video the timeline cursor does't work properly so you think it's not rewinding, but it actually IS. The next time you find another video tape you can use "W" and "D" keys to switch between videos and start them over. If you press rewind it will make a sound but you can't actually see it rewinding on the camcorder screen. Fine, but you can switch to a previous video and then switch back and now it plays again.

I was able to finish the entire game! This is one scary game by the makers of Layers Of Fear!!!

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I switched from windows about 5 months ago and after testing a few distros I landed on Fedora with KDE Plasma. I decided to go with Fedora because I wanted faster and newer updates than a debian based distro, I did not want to start right away with an arch based distro and finally I wanted a distro that wasn't over customized like Bazzite since I wanted a "normal" Linux experience. I also wanted a distro that was great for both gaming and office work since I use my computer for work.

It hasn't been the easiest transition for me because although I wouldn't consider myself a Windows power user, I still tinkered with it enough to know pretty much where everything I need is.

With that being said, I still enjoy learning about Linux and Fedora and I try to keep pushing myself to use Linux since I'm tires of Microsoft's bullshit. But there is one thing that keeps being a pain point for me and it's a pretty big deal.

KDE Plasma is the desktop environment I want because to me, it's the most intuitive. However, it doesn't feel "snappy" and it's almost as if the text resolution isn't as clean as on Windows or Mac. It feels like I'm using an OS that isn't polished and it really bugs me. Is there a way I could make it feel better? Now that I have a bit of experience with linux, would making the jump to an Arch Based distro like CashyOs make this desktop environment feel and look better?

Thanks

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Nightmare Reaper is a quality retro-inspired shooter worth your time, now even more so because you can team up with friends in a major upgrade.

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I am currently looking for a program that will allow me to get audio and video from my capture card and send it to discord via the screen share button. i got the EVGA XR1PRO (originally wanted the light but they were out of stock) and i am using a wayland windows manager
my full computer specs are in the image down below.

Full Specs

I mostly want to do this instead of piping my audio through my mic so that people have an option to listen instead of being forced. the capture card works good via the webcam but ofc got no audio without it going through my mic.

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The "gaming browser" Opera GX is now available for Linux, although I'm still not sure why you would want to actually use it.

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I tested the new beta drivers yesterday with proton-cachyos, as they add experimental support for descriptor heap in VKD3D. I have a 6-year-old laptop (i7 9750h, RTX 2060 80w). I tried Alan Wake 2, as the game used to run like hot garbage on my laptop, and now the game is perfectly playable. I used to get 15-20fps, and now I get a smooth average of 40 fps. I didn't notice any graphical glitches.

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Mozilla are working towards improving your privacy on the web, with Firefox v149 planned for March 24th that brings out their own built-in free VPN.

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i m on linux mint...i have a wireless gamepad cosmic byte stratos xenon....i could easily connect it with my mobile and play...but i cant seem to connect it with on linux mint i tried every gemini chatgpt fix nth helped...even searched the whole internet...did tried to manually connect it with bluetoothctl..installed drivers changed the configuration files everything stilll nothing works

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Lucky Tower Ultimate is absolutely brilliant and thoroughly funny and the big 1.0 release is announced to arrive on April 16th.

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Cleared Hot is an excellent nostalgic helicopter shooter, and the latest release brings Native Linux support to improve performance on Steam Deck.

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Possibly one of the most controversial updates for the Counter-Strike series as a whole, the latest Counter-Strike 2 update brings major changes from Valve.

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GE-Proton 10-33 has arrived bringing with it a fresh set of fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS, here's all that's new for you.

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I just installed pop os on my pc today and was able to play Ultrakill right away with no issues. I then tried to play it a few hours later and it would only show a black screen with no sound or other feedback. I have tried switching between Proton 9.0-4, 10.0-4, 10.0-33, 8.0-5, 7.0-6, 6.3-8, and 5.13-6. None of them did much. 9.0, 8.0, and 7.0 actually let it run, but if it's in fullscreen and I tab out, it does the same thing and if it's in windowed, I can't look around once I'm in game. This is my first experience with linux so I don't really know any fixes and I'm just confused as to why it randomly stopped working.

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Hello, I have a hunch that a recent Ubisoft client update has renderes co-op unplayable on Linux machines (or at least my own). Up until a few days ago, I ran co-op pretty seamlessly with a group of friends.

A few days ago I received an update to the game, apparently most Ubisoft games received some kind of update to their launcher. Afterwards, I was unable to connect at all for co-op matches. Occasionally, I could eventually connect to their game, but would be kicked out and disconnected from their game servers. As for game specific details, I'd frequently get the NAT Status offline or strict, and any port forwarding or UPNP enabling didn't resolve the issue. What ended up fixing it was booting the game through Windows, with no problems whatsoever. Funnily I could still connect to their lootbox store LOL.

I wanted to ask if anyone else here has had the same experience. It's a bit of a long shot, considering Ubisoft's reputation these days and the fact that this game has become obscure these days, but I figured it'd be somewhat of a sanity check for anyone else who is running into problems with mulitplayer Ubisoft titles.

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I was playing monster hunter wilds on my arch Linux system and it was working fine but then it had an update. I thought that's not a big deal I'll just play later. I am yet to get my graphics working again I don't know what broke. It looks like steel wool. It's so coarse I think I could wash cast iron with it. I have been trying to sort it out for a bit now to no avail. My specs are both at the end of the video and I'll put them here too:

Hardware:

CPU: amd ryzen 7 7840hs Ram: 64gb Igpu: 780m graphics Dgpu: Nvidia rtx 5070 laptop version The official product is a framework laptop 16 the 7040 series.

Software:

Arch Linux with kde plasma version 6.6.2 Platform: wayland Kernel: 6.19.8-arch1-1

I know it is using the Nvidia GPU not integrated graphics currently. I do not know if it was using the Nvidia GPU when there were no issues. Any and all suggestions would be nice I'll try anything and tell you how it goes.

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Cosmo Cargo, the upcoming roguelite space strategy game, is now confirmed to support Linux alongside Windows and macOS. Players manage spaceship cargo to influence battles, combining tactical inventory strategy with fast-paced automated combat in a chaotic galaxy. https://www.ubuntupit.com/new-space-roguelite-cosmo-cargo-targets-linux-with-tactical-cargo-combat/

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