• @PeterLinuxer
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    13 years ago

    This looks a bit shady. Im not gonna use a weird OS tweak. Maybe if some sound source (like a magazine) reports about it.

    • SudoDnfDashYOP
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      23 years ago

      It’s pre installed in Ubuntu, so I wouldn’t call it shady.

    • Amicese
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      1 year ago

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    • @freely
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      13 years ago

      Looks like it automates stuff you can do yourself. Basically a scheduler tweaking tool, along with some sort of GPU tweaks.

      I found the source code here https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode

      Feral Interactive is a reputable game porting company. Coupled with the open source code, I’d reckon it’s probably fine. How much it actually improves performance, idk. Can’t imagine it’s that mind-blowing on a modern pc, but maybe it helps on old/underspec’d machines.

      • @PeterLinuxer
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        3 years ago

        Thanks for the info and for the link.

        I quote what it does from there:

        • CPU governor
        • I/O priority
        • Process niceness
        • Kernel scheduler (SCHED_ISO)
        • Screensaver inhibiting
        • GPU performance mode (NVIDIA and AMD), GPU overclocking (NVIDIA)
        • Custom scripts

        I still fear that I would crush my installed Linux with gamemode.

        • SudoDnfDashYOP
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          13 years ago

          I used it on Fedora with no problems.