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New Intel Linux Graphics Driver Patches, Up to 10~15% Better Performance
- jandrese 4y agoIt seems the extra performance is entirely due to being more aggressive about switching to higher power modes, not due to efficiency improvements.
- DesiLurker 4y agoWell if AMD can burn up their CPUs then We should be able to atleast overclock our GPUs a bit. plus you get nice planned obsolescence benefit on the side. - some Product Mgr at Intel probably.
- ip26 4y agoWe cannot allow a chip-melt gap!
- cassepipe 4y agocontext ?
- mschuster91 4y agoProbably AMD's 7000 issue: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/24/23695829/amd-7000x3d-cpu-burning-out-reports-bios-update-fixes https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/24/23695829/amd-7000x3d-cpu-...
- bagels 4y agoIs this just for mobile devices? Not sure why the diver should command low power states when plugged in and playing a game other than for thermals.
- dagmx 4y agoWhy not? Desktop CPUs and other components do it all the time. Why waste energy?
- yrro 4y agoElectricity is clearly far too cheap in their area! :)
- bagels 4y agoMaybe there is an argument that games are a waste of energy, but I would prefer maximum performance for my games, makes them more enjoyable, or on the margin, playable in the first place. Low power states make sense when you're not actually trying to use all the performance.
- dagmx 4y agoNot all games or applications will use up all your resources so lower power states make sense to save energy and reduce thermals as well. Alternatively , a game/app might trigger boosts that can’t be sustained, or some instructions like AVX that are intensive that require dropping thermals to sustain. Power state switching is very common and a very interesting space to dial in.
- Gigachad 4y agoIf I’m actively using my desktop, I’d prefer it to be running at full performance. If it’s just sitting idling while I’m out to lunch, sure, power down as much as possible. Different situation to a laptop where you have a tiny battery and thermals to worry about. The actual overall energy usage while I’m using it is negligible compared to just about anything else. I would use more energy in the day running my stove.
- ihatepython 4y agoWhat about climate change? Don't you care about saving the planet? If you can use your GPU at full power, why do I have to drink out of a paper straw?
- readyplayernull 4y agoHow can we get these patches in Ubuntu?
- jaegrqualm 4y agoAssuming it's accepted right away, it'd be in the merge window for kernel 6.4, and since Ubuntu 23.04 just came out with 6.2, you'll have to wait for 23.10 at the earliest. Or you could just compile your own kernel and test it out.
- wswope 4y agoPull kernel source, apply patches, build kernel, run kernel. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/BuildYourOwnKernel
- zokier 4y ago> Google engineers are interested in hooking this into Feral's GameMode Afaik ChromeOS gamemode is completely independent from Ferals work?
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoWhat's the timeline for something like this landing into linux distro repositories?
- klooney 4y agoYears for Ubuntu/RedHat, six to twelve months for Fedora, it varies for everything else
- TingPing 4y agoFedora updates the kernel mid-cycle so could be weeks to months depending on various factors. Mesa versions would be 6 months usually though.
- Gigachad 4y agoFedora sometimes has a newer kernel than Arch if the release times line up just right.
- okdood64 4y ago> Years for Ubuntu/RedHat, six to twelve months for Fedora Is there some literature on why this is? I'm curious. Is Fedora more "experimental"?
- doodlesdev 4y agoFedora does breaking point releases around every six months, and yes it's kind of more "experimental", generally speaking the repositories are as up to date as possible in a point release distribution, kernel version are always up to date, and Fedora is generally early adopter of breaking changes in programs such as GNOME, Wayland, Pipewire, new Wine versions, etc. Also Kernel updates are done mid-cycle which means this update could land even in just a few weeks from now. Meanwhile Ubuntu does a new LTS release once every two years, which are already somewhat outdated when they get released.
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- cramjabsyn 4y agoIf when it lands I wonder how much it would help with video tasks like plex transcoding
- 64operator 4y agoSandy Lake fans just keep on winning. Never obsolete.
- Cheeeetah 4y agoWaiting for i915 working with aarch64.