Ryzen 7 CPUFreq Governor Comparison For Linux Gaming On 4.12

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 28 June 2017 at 10:35 AM EDT. Page 4 of 4. 18 Comments.
Ryzen Linux 4.12 Gaming CPU Drivers

Metro Last Light Redux didn't see much of a change in performance until hitting the powersave governor.

Ryzen Linux 4.12 Gaming CPU Drivers

Portal wasn't affected by the governor decisions.

Ryzen Linux 4.12 Gaming CPU Drivers
Ryzen Linux 4.12 Gaming CPU Drivers

The Talos Principle with Vulkan and OpenGL also didn't encounter any adverse performance from the CPUFreq governor decisions.

Ryzen Linux 4.12 Gaming CPU Drivers

Team Fortress 2 meanwhile was running roughly around the same speed except for the conservative and powersave options.

Ryzen Linux 4.12 Gaming CPU Drivers

Xonotic was much the same manner.

Those wanting to dig through more Ryzen Linux gaming numbers can find them via OpenBenchmarking.org.

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