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"name": "Force GPU / integrated graphics on Steam games in Linux [games might unknowingly perform badly].",
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"content": "<p>Your games on <em>Linux</em> might unknowingly run slower than they need to. My games had inconsistent FPS between different sessions—smooth 144 FPS between stuttering ± 120 FPS—and I couldn’t figure out why because all the logs indicated it was running on my dedicated GPU.</p>\n<p>First I assumed it was a caching problem due to running distributed computing projects 24/7 [finding primes, not crypto"currencies", don’t worry], but it turns out it was in fact arbitrarily using the desktop CPU’s integrated graphics instead of the GPU.</p>\n<p>Via the <em>Steam</em> game <strong>launch options</strong> command below <a href=\"https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Configure_applications_to_render_using_GPU\" rel=\"nofollow\">one can force the use of one’s dedicated GPU</a>—0 or 1 depending on one’s PC.</p>\n<p><code>__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=0 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia %command%</code></p>\n",
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"content": "Your games on *Linux* might unknowingly run slower than they need to. My games had inconsistent FPS between different sessions—smooth 144 FPS between stuttering ± 120 FPS—and I couldn't figure out why because all the logs indicated it was running on my dedicated GPU. \n\nFirst I assumed it was a caching problem due to running distributed computing projects 24/7 [finding primes, not crypto\"currencies\", don't worry], but it turns out it was in fact arbitrarily using the desktop CPU's integrated graphics instead of the GPU. \n\nVia the *Steam* game **launch options** command below [one can force the use of one's dedicated GPU](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PRIME#Configure_applications_to_render_using_GPU)—0 or 1 depending on one's PC.\n\n`__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=0 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia %command%`",
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"published": "2025-04-20T20:16:09.935680Z",
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