Hello everyone, I moved from Windows 10 to Linux and I've decided to use Garuda Linux after countless of distrohopping. However, there's an issue that keeps bugging me out which is the thermals. I always get high temperatures when playing. For example, when I play Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 using Lutris, I get almost 90C when using NVIDIA MX130 and the GPU usage is so high. In Windows, the game doesn't even make the laptop hot. I also get a much lower fps in Linux. I've already tried undervolting (-80mV and -40mV for the CPU and GPU, respectively) and disabled performance-tweaks.
Is there any way to minimize the heating and improve FPS? I really love Garuda :DD
garuda-inxi output:
System:
Kernel: 6.0.8-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8be5a5b2-923e-4e51-8658-cc49328f161c rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=5321fe67-a6f1-43d0-addc-64d4a749ece7 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Aspire A514-52KG v: V1.04
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: N/A
Mobo: KBL model: Sneezy_KL v: V1.04 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.04
date: 08/28/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 33.0/47.9 Wh (69.0%)
volts: 12.2 min: 11.4 model: Murata KT003040 AP18C4K type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full cycles: 223
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-7020U socket: BGA1356 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64
type: MT MCP arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check gen: core 7 level: v3
note: check built: 2017 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 544 high: 584 min/max: 400/2300 base/boost: 2300/8300
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 0.7 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 550 2: 584 3: 500 4: 544 bogomips: 18399
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: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915
v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5921
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX130] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: nvidia v: 520.56.06 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 520.xx+
status: current (as of 2022-10) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:174d
class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-2:3
chip-ID: 04f2:b64f class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau
alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d6 built: 2016 res: 1366x768
hz: 60 dpi: 112 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.3 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL
GT2F) direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_soc_avs
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.0.8-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.60 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 temp: 50.0 C
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: CloudflareWARP state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full
mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:4
chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 820.34 GiB (70.5%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNVS250G
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: EDFK9NO2 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 113d 0h cycles: 1,651
read-units: 24,774,114 [12.6 TB] written-units: 19,918,142 [10.1 TB]
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.3
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1J temp: 34 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 253d 21h cycles: 3660
Old-Age: g-sense error rate: 1265
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 49.59 GiB size: 49.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.73 GiB (25.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
maj-min: 259:7
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 68.36 GiB size: 68.36 GiB (100.00%)
used: 15.09 GiB (22.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda4
maj-min: 8:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 49.59 GiB size: 49.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.73 GiB (25.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
maj-min: 259:7
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 49.59 GiB size: 49.59 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.73 GiB (25.7%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.51 GiB used: 94.4 MiB (1.2%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C pch: 49.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 245 Uptime: 4h 6m wakeups: 3 Memory: 7.51 GiB
used: 4.12 GiB (54.9%) Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1471
libs: 399 tools: octopi,paru Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash
v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.23
Garuda (2.6.9-1):
System install date: 2022-11-13
Last full system update: 2022-11-18
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: Yes
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units: nmb.service systemd-networkd-wait-online.service