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Lagspikes and poor performance in games using default power settings #2167

Open Szwagi opened 2 years ago

Szwagi commented 2 years ago

Distribution: Pop!_OS 21.10

Issue/Bug Description: The default power settings seem to be set to "Powersave", even on a desktop computer, where power consumption isn't an issue. This isn't an issue outside of games, but when I play a game I experience massive lag spikes and poor performance. Two examples of games I experience this in are CSGO and osu! (through wine). High FPS I run the games at might be part of the issue (600+fps CSGO, 2000+fps osu!).

Steps to reproduce (if you know): Install Pop!_OS, run a game

Expected behavior: Set governor to "Performance" (and appropriate min CPU frequency) when a game is detected on a desktop computer.

Other Notes: Right now I use "cpupower-gui" app to adjust the power settings before I launch a game or the game isn't playable. I must revert back to "Powersave" after I close the game due to motherboard coil whine issues, so leaving it on "Performance" isn't an option. Hardware: GTX 1080 Ti, 8700k

bflanagin commented 2 years ago

We've recently (last week) added some tweaks to the system that should help with these spikes. Have the issues subsided?

aindriu80 commented 2 years ago

I am having very poor performance in Pop 21.10, general responsiveness from the keyboard, like right now when I am typing a response in here there is a lot of lag before the text appears on my screen. I have the power plan set to High Performance but it doesn't make a difference, there is a lot of lag in general. I am running a dual boot with Windows 11 and there is no such lag when I am in Windows. (Intel 6700HQ, 16GB RAM, M.2 500GB)

leviport commented 2 years ago

@aindriu80 I believe that is a mobile processor. Can you share the make and model of your machine? Are you using an external display? If it has switchable graphics, which graphics mode are you in?

Szwagi commented 2 years ago

We've recently (last week) added some tweaks to the system that should help with these spikes. Have the issues subsided?

I played for an hour without changing my cpu plan and didn't notice any lag spikes, so it seems like there was an improvement.