Have an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, a couple years old now. EDIT: I would like to clarify that these issues started on Endeavour OS and have persisted into a clean install of Garuda.
I am currently experiencing some graphical issues which I have not encountered before, particularly in Steam:
- Textures not loading is certain video games (slightly older games like Horizon Zero Dawn)
- Steam overlay not working, which I hear is related to graphics drivers
- Window flickering not isolated to steam or games
- Game crashing
- Particle effect bugs, where the whole screen is covered by a glow
- Difficulties after basic troubleshooting, including setting all graphics to low, checking launch settings, fiddling with v-sync and other settings. Tried switching from proprietary drivers to open and vice versa.
- Drop down menus in Steam sometimes completely broken. Screen flickers and drop down disappears. Unsure if a graphics issue on my end or a bug in Steam client. Runtime and Native both exhibit this.
When I open nvidia-settings, and check the GPU info, I often see GPU utilization at ~20% during non-graphics intensive times (E.G. writing this forum post) and it is almost always close to or at 100% during gameplay. I don't see it go past yellow on the thermal sensor. My CPU will also often reach 4.0 GHz and 70% as well. I don't think it's a power supply issue because wouldn't the GPU not be able to max out in that case? I feel like I shouldn't have performance drops like these on my set up.
The maxing out started when steam was processing vulkan shaders, but got better when I disabled processing. Unfortunately, the bugs and other behaviors seem to be slowly getting worse, albeit at a slower rate than before.
I would like help determining: Is this a hardware issue, a driver issue, etc. Do I need a new graphics card?
System:
Kernel: 6.4.1-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=07673fcd-7381-4a95-904f-ae4a01aa632b rw rootflags=subvol=@
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: Qtile v: 0.22.1 wm: LG3D vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 3.F1
date: 07/05/2022
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2575 high: 3700 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2200 2: 2873
3: 3187 4: 2200 5: 3700 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 3700
12: 3700 13: 2200 14: 2879 15: 2200 16: 2200 17: 2200 18: 2876 19: 2200
20: 2200 21: 2200 22: 3700 23: 2200 24: 2200 bogomips: 177592
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 [GeForce RTX 2060] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 535.54.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 530.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-05) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e89 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: Picom v: git-c4107
driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 95 s-size: 1198x389mm (47.17x15.31")
s-diag: 1260mm (49.59")
Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: bottom-l res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
size: 510x287mm (20.08x11.3") diag: 585mm (23.04") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-4 pos: primary,top-right res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (26.97") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.54.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX
2060/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU104 HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16
bus-ID: 25:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 27:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech G733 Gaming Headset
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 046d:0ab5 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.4.1-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.72 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 802.49 GiB (28.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 111110WD temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.2 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.2 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.2 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 31.2 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 38.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Info:
Processes: 401 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 0 Memory: available: 31.27 GiB
used: 2.55 GiB (8.1%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1289
libs: 416 tools: pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.27
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date: 2023-05-24
Last full system update: 2023-07-05
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: