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How can I tell if my GPU is being utilized properly? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 days ago by zamithal@programming.dev to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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I purchased a system76 Thelio Mira Elite With a AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. I kinda regret not going with Nvidia at this point but it is what it is. I primarily use it as a developer workstation, but want to play games on it as well so I can be rid of my windows box.

I didn't expect it to be able to play the latest and greatest games but I did expect it to be able to play older titles reasonably well. Games launch from steam and seem to work, but I'm getting between 0 and 10 fps on the title screen of Kerbal Space Program. Other games are similarly functional but poorly performing.

Where do I start? How can I ensure my GPU is being leveraged? Is this as good as it gets?

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[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Curious. Do you have a "run on discrete GPU" option when you right click an app icon?

Iirc that feature is exposed on GNOME. Maybe you couldn't steam on discrete GPU option as a troubleshooting step?

That said I use both AMD cpu and GPU and it correctly defaults to the discrete GPU so this may not be the case

[–] zamithal@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago

I don't appear to have this.

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[–] kybean@pawb.social 1 points 5 days ago

There's a program called amdgou_top you can use to see the breakdown of components on the GPU(s) and their utilization, as well as what apps are running on the GPU

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

which distro is it? there are many that were not made with gaming in mind

[–] zamithal@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is Pop_Os, which is System76's 'ubuntu like' distro that comes shipped with vendor maintained drivers. It comes preinstalled with steam and is intended to be able to use it right out of the box. I've opened a ticket with them to discuss it further

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

don't use it. It is totally left without support nowadays. They are developing COSMIC, a new Wayland desktop enviroment and Pop OS is abandoned. System 76 pcs support other distros too. You need something based on Fedora Atomic or Arch

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