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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] New NVIDIA drivers available
From:       Alvin Beach <alvinbeach () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-01-22 19:59:17
Message-ID: CALZOkd2ZiwK9rHu1uqAV2gKE2h+ooSBrp3w_AdbiSL4mGGhT6Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Alvin Beach <alvinbeach@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/01/14 00:07, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 20/01/14 02:06, Alvin Beach wrote:
>>> I tried the RPMs from the nvidia repo (for 12.3) and I would get high CPU usage (80%+) while
>>> starting/playing L4D2. In fact, that was just starting the game. The game was unplayable as it would
>>> could not get past the menu (joining a game would freeze). Also, as soon as I started the game, and
>>> before the menu loaded, the CPU temps would climb above 65C and stay there until I force killed it.
>>>
>>> [snip]
>
> As for the temp issue, I discovered that KDE was configured to "Compositing type: XRender" and the
> "Suspend desktop effects for fullscreen windows" was unchecked. I changed the compositing type to
> OpenGL 3.1 and checked the suspend effect for fullscreen windows.
> [snip]
>
> Alvin

I took advantage of having to reboot due to a new kernel update from
Kernel:stable:standard[1] and try the RPMs (after --uninstall'ing the
.run) provided by the nvidia repo. I am happy to report that they[2]
work without any issues. I think the issue was not the RPMs nor the
kernel but perhaps how I had inadvertently configured Desktop Effects
in KDE. I believe the fix was to switch to "OpenGL 3.1" and disabling
for fullsceen windows. Whilst playing L4D2, my CPU(s) never exceeded
15% and the temp never went above 58C (more often it would be 47-50C).

[1] Kernel
kernel-desktop-3.12.8-1.1.g2caf20a.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.12.8-1.1.g2caf20a.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-3.12.8-1.1.g2caf20a.x86_64


[2] nvidia RPMs
nvidia-glG03-331.38-23.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-331.38_k3.7.10_1.1-23.1.x86_64
nvidia-computeG03-331.38-23.1.x86_64

Cheers,

Alvin
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