I just got this laptop (Asus TUF A15 2021) today and it surprised me that everything works just fine out of the box on Vanilla Arch, except NVIDIA gpu I had to install it manually on battery power that’s why I enable powersaving mode. As for games performance it’s basically the same as windows no more no less.
35 fps 25W of power
Sounds like a win to me. Or was it slugish?
it’s pretty playable considering it’s on ultra 1080p, far better than what I used to play.
This is also my first time using a screen above 60hz, and I gotta say it’s pretty smooth to move around the desktop.
Hell yeah, it’s kinda mind bending isn’t it? Feels like dragging the mouse through sand when going back to 60Hz after getting used to it haha
True, I hope this doesn’t ruins 60hz for me because most of my screen are 60hz XD.
Been there done that 🥲
Yeah, took me some time to figure out too
What software do you use to get that overlay on the top left?
It’s mangohud+goverlay
I have the same laptop, running Garuda. As someone else said, definitely watch the temps. Mine can hit 90 degrees easily. It seriously is worth looking into undervolting the GPU. I haven’t done it yet because I’m the odd one out and am very hesitant to mess with something that is working at all.
My CPU got up to 93C and GPU got to 85C when use ultra settings and unlock framerate, I’m might look into undervolting in the future but I might have some problems because I never done that in Linux.
Yeah, the performance seems fine, but under load touch the area near the hinge. The plastic is warm, almost hit on mine.
Careful with those laptops though, they run really hot. I have the same one and my dedicated GPU is broken, possibly from overheating but I will admit I can’t know for sure.
I just did that on my own laptop, trying to figure out why it was running like crap. Turns out I set it to quiet mode instead of cool, so it underclocked instead of running the fan
