caustictrapOct 2, 2023

How is powerplans/performance modes handled in laptops running linux compared to windows?

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How is powerplans/performance modes handled in laptops running linux compared to windows? - Lemmy.world

I want to buy a gaming laptop from mainstream brands like asus, msi, hp. I wish to install linux for gaming. On windows we do have softwares like armoury crate, omen centre etc to control performance profiles. On windows it is impossible to get peak performance without installing those softwares and bios options are usually limited How are these things handled in linux? Without dedicated software can the OS( not bios) achieve peak performance with powershell/terminal?

Show thread🧟‍♂️ CadaverOct 2, 2023

It’s very good - in some cases better than Windows. I have a MSI gaming laptop. The battery lifedin longer on linux compared to Windows.

With custom scripts you can control fan speed. However… I have a intel/nVidia card on KDE with wayland and it is hell. Nothing works as expected, so I can’t tell about gaming in itself.

For other tasks, it works really well.

Show threadcaustictrap
More battery life means the cpu is power limited compared to windows + armoury crate performance mode?
Oct 2, 2023 at 9:31amWeb
Show threadSpur4383Oct 2, 2023
Or that the CPU is not doing needles add servings.
Show threadPeachManOct 2, 2023

It probably means that there are fewer useless background processes eating up your battery

If you’re asking about gaming performance on Linux, then the answer is that it depends on the game. Some run better on Linux (Cyberpunk made headlines recently) and some run worse.

Show thread🧟‍♂️ CadaverOct 2, 2023

No, I have also found that my processes run faster on Linux than on Windows. I don’t know what is armoury crate but from the way you’re talking about it it manages CPU modes.

Whatever you do in Windows, you can in Linux (almost). But it is sometimes harder, sometimes simpler.