Nvidia video card on minecraft works worst than integrated one

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Nvidia video card on minecraft works worst than integrated one, I think is the nvidia driver that doesn't work properly. The os before using Garuda was Kubuntu and there drivers worked. I tried to configure the system reading the online forums, but I didn't manage to fix it.

Thank you for help.

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.38-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts
    root=UUID=a715693c-beb0-4b88-870f-4885fc8edc10 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    loglevel=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 info: latte-dock
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: PC Specialist product: Recoil v: Standard
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Tong Fang model: GK5CP0Z v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: N.1.51 date: 04/04/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.8 Wh (100.0%) condition: 38.8/46.7 Wh (82.9%)
    volts: 13.0 min: 11.4 model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-8750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
    L3: 9 MiB desc: 1x9 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 832 high: 900 min/max: 800/4100 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 800 4: 800
    5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 900 12: 895
    bogomips: 52799
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
    mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
    vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106M [GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile]
    vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: nvidia v: 510.68.02
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: none empty: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f11
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Chicony HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-13:4
    chip-ID: 04f2:b65a class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.1
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x07af built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.38-1-lts running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.51 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 vendor: Rivet Networks driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 45.15 GiB (19.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS250G2X0C-00L350 size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 101140WD temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 75 GiB size: 75 GiB (100.00%) used: 39.4 GiB (52.5%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 157.87 GiB size: 157.87 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 5.75 GiB (3.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 75 GiB size: 75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 39.4 GiB (52.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 75 GiB size: 75 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 39.4 GiB (52.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.48 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C pch: 52.0 C mobo: 53.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 316 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.48 GiB
  used: 2.22 GiB (14.4%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1582 lib: 384 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.15
Garuda (2.6.2-1):
  System install date:     2022-04-03
  Last full system update: 2022-05-12
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:
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Drivers are installed fine. What method are you using to launch Minecraft in dGPU? Can you try prime-run like

prime-run minecraft-launcher

Change the minecraft-launcher part to the path of minecraft (launcher) or whatever necessary.

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I have tried before prime-run with optimus in nvidia mode but I have negative spikes of 12 FPS. Also the menu is quite laggy. Before I reinstalled nvidia drivers also the desktop was laggy. I think it is the driver the problem because the in-game statistics recognizes the video card.

Sorry I can'tupload the image .

There are the in-game statistics:

Java: 17.0.1 64bit

Mem: 24% 504/2048MB

Allocated: 71% 1472MB Native: 87/2048+117MB

Allocation: 20MB/s

CPU: 12x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz

Display: 1920x1007 (NVIDIA Corporation) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 3.2.0 NVIDIA 510.68.02

After I saw the statistics I tried to give 8Gb RAM, but nothing changes.

The GPU is 100% loaded all time.

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Hello. Nice processor. I notice you have it set to Powersave and the cores are throttled to 900MHz. Could it be that the performance the Nvidia is trying to pull is too much for the CPU to give it while being throttled by the governor? Have you tried while set to Performance? Or, really, anything but Powersave? If not, your GPU may be bottlenecked by the CPU governor.

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Thank you very much, I used the power save configuration, but I didn't think it would have affected the game so much.

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I think most games only use one thread so having 6 cores doesn't really help game performance. It's the processor speed that matters.

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