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how can i check for driver/gpu related problems on linux? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i've recently acquired a 4060 ti for €300 from a seller that i've been told was reliable. after installing the gpu and updating the drivers to the latest recommended ones i've noticed odd lag spikes lasting several seconds when using blender, these did not happen when i used my previous gtx 1060 ti.
How can i go about diagnosing if it's a gpu or driver issue? any benchmarks or tools i should use?

i'm on linux mint 21.3 cinnamon.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Anecdotal and likely not very helpful, when I was running a laptop with a 2060, I regularly had freezing issues launching steam, that would freeze the entire desktop on whichever I display I launched it on for anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute. The same issue occurred across multiple Linux distros running multiple Nvidia proprietary driver versions.

I built a desktop with an AMD GPU to solve the problem and it worked. I really wish I could give you something better than that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

doubt it's the same problem i'm having because the lag spikes only affect blender, the rest of the DE works fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I guess the takeaway for me is despite making some strides in last couple years nvidia is still just kinda janky on Linux. Good luck getting to the bottom of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Admittedly, I don't know much about the ins and outs of GPUs, but perhaps it's a GTX vs. RTX issue. They're different enough that the NVK project is targeting only RTX and up.