Screen tearing with Nvidia driver

[Aplicat0r]

Hello hello, I recently installed Garuda Linux on my PC. I installed Nvidia's proprietary drivers for my RTX 2060. When I opened Minecraft it wasn't smooth as it was on Windows. Even after disabling Vsync from the menu, it was still bad. I have a dual monitor setup, one 60Hz and one 144Hz. It was like my 144Hz monitor was at 60 Hz. I tried to find info on the internet, but no luck. It's not only on Minecraft, when I drag windows on the screen it's laggy. When I disable my 60Hz monitor it gets smooth. Please help!

[filo]

Hi there, welcome.
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[Aplicat0r]

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.12-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=c1bac160-e2f2-4680-8c38-85ce0ea98848 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
    systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
  Desktop: GNOME 41.2 tk: GTK 3.24.31 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.0
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: H310CM-HDV serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P4.20 date: 05/14/2019
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-9400F bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
    family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xEA
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  Speed (MHz): avg: 4044 high: 4099 min/max: 800/4100 scaling:
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Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] driver: nvidia v: 495.46
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f08
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.2 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
    loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
    display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3600x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 953x286mm (37.5x11.3")
    s-diag: 995mm (39.2")
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  Monitor-2: DP-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94 size: 521x293mm (20.5x11.5")
    diag: 598mm (23.5")
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    v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.46 direct render: Yes
Audio:
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    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Razer USA Razer BlackShark V2 Pro type: USB
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  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
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Network:
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    vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
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  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
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  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
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Partition:
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Swap:
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Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 44 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 38%
Info:
  Processes: 284 Uptime: 3h 4m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.56 GiB
  used: 4.18 GiB (26.8%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
  gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1299 pacman: 1292 lib: 404 flatpak: 7 Shell: fish
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McFly: Importing shell history for the first time. This may take a minute or two...done.

[filo]

You could try with xrandr like here, setting DP-0 to 144

Refresh rate resets after boot

type xrandr -q to find out what you need to put after "--output". Then try this: xrandr --output your_output --mode your_resolution --rate your_refresh_rate If after reboot the parameters are not correct, you can always set the above command as a script and set it to run automatically at boot through the system settings (not the most clean solution but it will work).

Maybe check also the Arch wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multihead#Configuration_using_xrandr
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xrandr

[jonathon]

@Aplicat0r

When I opened Minecraft it wasn’t smooth as it was on Windows. Even after disabling Vsync from the menu, it was still bad. I have a dual monitor setup, one 60Hz and one 144Hz. It was like my 144Hz monitor was at 60 Hz. I tried to find info on the internet, but no luck. It’s not only on Minecraft, when I drag windows on the screen it’s laggy. When I disable my 60Hz monitor it gets smooth.

Which part of this is to do with screen tearing?

Your issue is due to the compositor synchronising to the 60Hz display.

Check this wiki page section: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Vertical_sync_using_TwinView

and this one: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA/Troubleshooting#Multi-monitor

Tip: Multi monitor setups using different model monitors may have slightly different refresh rates. If vsync is enabled by the driver it will sync to only one of these refresh rates which can cause the appearance of screen tearing on incorrectly synced monitors. Select to sync the display device which is the primarily used monitor as others will not sync properly. This is configurable in ~/.nvidia-settings-rc as 0/XVideoSyncToDisplayID= or by installing nvidia-settings and using the graphical configuration options.

[Aplicat0r]

I did xrandr --output DP-0 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 144.00 but it got even worse. When dragging windows it feels like 30Hz xD

[Aplicat0r]

When I changed 0/XVideoSyncToDisplayID= to 0/XVideoSyncToDisplayID=DP-0 didn't change anything.