I just got this laptop (Asus TUF A15 2021) today and it surprised me that everything works just fine out of the box on Vanilla Arch, except NVIDIA gpu I had to install it manually on battery power that’s why I enable powersaving mode. As for games performance it’s basically the same as windows no more no less.
This is also my first time using a screen above 60hz, and I gotta say it’s pretty smooth to move around the desktop.
And how much fps youve got afterwards?
90-100 on ultra
I have the same laptop, running Garuda. As someone else said, definitely watch the temps. Mine can hit 90 degrees easily. It seriously is worth looking into undervolting the GPU. I haven’t done it yet because I’m the odd one out and am very hesitant to mess with something that is working at all.
My CPU got up to 93C and GPU got to 85C when use ultra settings and unlock framerate, I’m might look into undervolting in the future but I might have some problems because I never done that in Linux.
Careful with those laptops though, they run really hot. I have the same one and my dedicated GPU is broken, possibly from overheating but I will admit I can’t know for sure.
Undervolting is great on gaming laptops. Usually nets you a performance boost simply by reducing thermal throttling.
Even just a few mV has made a difference for me.
How’d ya do that?
intel-undervolt/amdctl for cpu, lact for amd gpu, gwe for nvidia gpu (although voltage control on linux with nvidia is not possible, you can get a similar result by overclocking+limiting power)
What software do you use to get that overlay on the top left?
It’s mangohud+goverlay
