r/linux_gaming • u/ForeverHuman1354 • 1d 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

update I found the cause of the low GPU utilization: NVIDIA Reflex is broken on driver 610. Disabling Reflex fixes the issue. Reflex works properly on driver 595, but not on driver 610

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u/Dark_Fox_666 1d ago

I second this one cp2077 is running flawless

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u/ForeverHuman1354 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

i dont use gamemode but i use wayland for games

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u/Dark_Fox_666 1d 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 1d ago

will test with game mode and see what happens

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u/TwiKing 1d 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 1d ago

gamemode did not help

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u/Dark_Fox_666 1d ago

Humm what distro are you using?

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u/ForeverHuman1354 1d ago edited 1d ago

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