I’m trying to use Dolphin emulator and getting very bad performance, went to the graphics setting and under backend chose Vulkan and only intel graphics and llvm pipe show up, not my Nvidia GTX 1650.
The other day i also tried running a game with lutris under wine and the performance was abysmal, i read some forum threads and guides and so far it seems all packages that should be installed are so i don’t know whats wrong but i suspect there is a general problem with software not using the Nvidia card
Garuda inxi:
System:
Kernel: 6.7.0-zen3-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1 clocksource: tsc
available: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=1ff06791-3783-4094-b0dd-898c4b519967 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet quiet
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=f1f58c16-f4e6-4587-b7db-88c32ef6457f loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.10 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Katana GF66 11SC v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1582 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: E1582IMS.30A date: 07/22/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 35.7 Wh (85.8%) condition: 41.6/52.0 Wh (80.0%) volts: 12.5 min: 11.4
model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: charging
Device-1: sony_controller_battery_38:c0:96:8f:77:82 model: N/A serial: N/A charge: N/A
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11400H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Tiger Lake gen: core 11
level: v4 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8D (141) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x4E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 480 KiB
desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1572 high: 3713 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: performance cores: 1: 1788 2: 3713 3: 800 4: 801 5: 800 6: 2556 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800
10: 3488 11: 1725 12: 800 bogomips: 64512
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-12.1 process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a68 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 545.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-10; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f9d class-ID: 0302 temp: 37.0 C
Device-3: Bison HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-10:3 chip-ID: 5986:211b class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.10 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris,nouveau 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: AU Optronics 0xaf90 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142
gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: iris x11:
drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.3-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) device-ID: 8086:9a68
memory: 7.29 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.274 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD Graphics (TGL
GT1) driver: mesa intel v: 23.3.3-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:9a68 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1
type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 16.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 23.3.3-arch1.1 (LLVM
16.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.7.0-zen3-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type
: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.1 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: Intel Tiger Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
chip-ID: 8086:43f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: 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: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-14:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no
pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 214.83 GiB (45.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PCP3512F-AI1 size: 476.94 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: ECFK52.8 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 214.83 GiB (45.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 214.83 GiB (45.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 214.83 GiB (45.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 467.84 GiB size: 467.84 GiB (100.00%) used: 214.83 GiB (45.9%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 7.46 GiB used: 1.47 GiB (19.6%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
maj-min: 259:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 37.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 313 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est. available: 7.46 GiB
used: 4 GiB (53.6%) Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6 Packages: 2429 pm: pacman pkgs: 2417 libs: 586 tools: pamac,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.21-release inxi: 3.3.31
Garuda (2.6.22-1):
System install date: 2022-08-03
Last full system update: 2024-01-15
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
fastfetch seems to find the gpu fine:
GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q
Thanks for you help