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samaths

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Registered: 2024-10-28

Posts: 1

Extremely poor performance in games (TF2)

I just installed archlinux and I'm trying to play some games, specifically TF2, but I get incredibly poor performance and high CPU usage (100% on all threads).

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (12) @ 4.208GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

glxinfo -B

name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 4096 MB
    Total available memory: 4096 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 3234 MB
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.35.03
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 560.35.03
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)

pacman -Qs nvidia

local/egl-gbm 1.1.2-1
    The GBM EGL external platform library
local/egl-wayland 4:1.1.16-1
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/libvdpau 1.5-3
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libxnvctrl 560.35.03-1
    NVIDIA NV-CONTROL X extension
local/nvidia 560.35.03-17
    NVIDIA kernel modules
local/nvidia-settings 560.35.03-1
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 560.35.03-18
    NVIDIA drivers utilities


OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 NVIDIA 560.35.03
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20

moondimz

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Registered: 2024-10-29

Posts: 6

Re: Extremely poor performance in games (TF2)

It seems like you are not using the GPU, but instead it is using the CPU
I hope this helps!
papa mutahar's youtube timestamp

(I'm not an huge expert btw)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,300

Re: Extremely poor performance in games (TF2)

lib32-nvidia-utils is not installed so you don't get acceleration for 32bit clients, I strongly suggest you fix that. And due to it being a logical inference of you pressing enter blindly on steam install, after having done so get rid of amdvlk and lib32-amdvlk