GPU not being utilized by games

I have noticed a reduction in performance in multiple games. I believed it to be the version of proton but now I can confirm after a third game (Deadlock -> WoW -> Schedule 1) having insanely poor performance something weird is going on. I can see Schedule 1 in nvidia-smi print out, btop shows VRAM being used, but GPU utilization is sitting around 15%-20%. I have tried ProtonGE, Wine Staging tkg 10.7 (for World of Wacraft), and Proton 10. Currently in Schedule 1 I am getting 10fps whereas I normally have stable 120+. I can reboot into Windows and confirm no issues.

Solution:

im stupid. i accidentally set power profile to power save somehow at some point without realizing.

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