This looks a bit shady. Im not gonna use a weird OS tweak. Maybe if some sound source (like a magazine) reports about it.
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It's been preinstalled in Ubuntu since 20.04 if that helps. I use and haven't had any issues with it so far
It's pre installed in Ubuntu, so I wouldn't call it shady.
gamemode is preinstalled in Ubuntu; but that doesn't mean it is safe to use. (A lot of Ubuntu (and derivative) packages are long outdated; inkscape on Ubuntu is still 0.4.7. On Manjaro: the inkscape package is currently at version 1.1.2.) I wouldn't exactly rely on authority here.
Also, Games are designed to be performant without external tweaks; applying these external tweaks could potentially mess up the game's performance.
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.
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.
I used it on Fedora with no problems.