Steam Client Process Won't Start Using the Dedicated GPU
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KHi everyone, I'll start with my machine specs and setup. Laptop is a Gigabyte Aero 14 from 2017. It has both an integrated GPU and a dedicated NVIDIA GTX 1060 GPU. The rpm-ostree status is:
K● ostree-image-signed:docker://ghcr.io/ublue-os/bazzite-nvidia:latest
Digest: sha256:2bd8d399e60fd24b3d8b3e3ac5dce742f2cc56d8f60d808428ed57454bf6a3c9
Version: 40.20240607.0 (2024-06-07T17:01:41Z)
LayeredPackages: qbittorrent-noxKThe Steam games themselves run fine when I add
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=”nvidia” to the launch options of the individual gameKThe issue is that the Steam menu runs painfully slow and lags when using specifically Big Picture Mode. Is there a way to get the steam client process to launch using the dedicated GPU? Would using the dGPU solve the laggy big picture mode issue?
KI have tested with Portal 2, and I can verify that the game is running using the dGPU with
nvidia-smi. But I do not see the steam client process show up in the listKI also copied
/usr/share/applications/steam.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications/steam.desktop and I have my [Desktop Entry] section as the following:K[Desktop Entry]
Name=Steam
Comment=Application for managing and playing games on Steam
Comment[pt_BR]=Aplicativo para jogar e gerenciar jogos no Steam
Comment[bg]=Приложение за ръководене и пускане на игри в Steam
Comment[cs]=Aplikace pro spravování a hraní her ve službě Steam
Comment[da]=Applikation til at håndtere og spille spil på Steam
...
Comment[vi]=Ứng dụng để quản lý và chơi trò chơi trên Steam
Exec=__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1 __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME="nvidia" /usr/bin/bazzite-steam %U
Icon=steam
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;Game;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/steam;x-scheme-handler/steamlink;
Actions=Store;Community;Library;Servers;Screenshots;News;Settings;BigPicture;Friends;
PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true
X-KDE-RunOnDiscreteGpu=trueKThe
... was just to trim out some more Comment linesKI am using X11
KBig picture mode is slow on Nvidia, no fix
KYou do not need the launch options you added, Switcheroo automatically uses your dedicated GPU when playing games
KI see that the steam client is using the intel integrated gpu, using 'intel_gpu_top'
KIs there a way to force it to use the nvidia gpu?
KIt wouldn't matter
KBig picture mode has been broken on Nvidia for a very long time
KThere's no fix
Koh i see
Kthank you
