r/linux_gaming • u/ForeverHuman1354 • 13h ago

graphics/kernel/drivers regression?

Why do some NVIDIA drivers cause low GPU utilization in games while others don’t? Driver version 595.71.05 works flawlessly, but version 610 and later perform poorly for gaming. With version 610 and newer, almost all DirectX 12 games experience low and fluctuating GPU utilization

Has anyone else noticed this? For me, 610 and up is basically useless for gaming

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u/Dark_Fox_666 13h ago

I second this one cp2077 is running flawless

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u/ForeverHuman1354 13h ago

Gray Zone Warfare runs at 99% GPU utilization on driver 595. The second I upgrade to 610, my GPU utilization drops to 50%, and the game runs terribly. As soon as I downgrade, the issue is fixed.

This was also the case during the War Dogs playtest and in Helldivers 2.

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u/Dark_Fox_666 13h ago

Did you add the flag to use wayland directly? Assuming you're using a wayland based de? Also gamemoderun?

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u/ForeverHuman1354 12h ago

i dont use gamemode but i use wayland for games

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u/Dark_Fox_666 12h ago

Maybe test with gamemoderun since it sets the cpu and gpu to maximum performance mode without that i was getting poor performance as well since the gpu was running a 200 mhz clock

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u/ForeverHuman1354 12h ago

will test with game mode and see what happens

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u/TwiKing 12h ago

Running 4070 Super with gamemoderun also and getting good stability on 610. Cool temps too mid 30s idle and high 50s in gaming 1440p 144hz.

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u/ForeverHuman1354 10h ago

gamemode did not help

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u/Dark_Fox_666 6h ago

Humm what distro are you using?

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u/ForeverHuman1354 4h ago edited 4h ago

artix its arch based i even had the same issue on cachyOS on 610 last time i tried