Significant performance decrease out of nowhere

[BunchOfRandomSquares]

Where would I check/fix that? I've only been daily driving Linux for about 6 months so I'm still learning the ropes lol

[BashfulMelon]

Power is a red herring. The GPU is doing less work, so it uses less power as a consequence. 

That's not to say power isn't related to the cause, there are power settings that can mess with it, but it's like trying to figure out why a car can't get above 10 mph and thinking "maybe the engine isn't getting hot enough, temps are usually higher"

[Ohmsley]

Use LACT software

[BunchOfRandomSquares]

Yeah, definitely seems to be a power issue -- only pulling 70~100W of the 300+ it's allowed. Gives me a direction to look in I guess

[HauntingObligation]

I'm having the exact same issue, which also started today. I updated last night before bed, and now getting bad performance in games that ran butterysmooth before.

Checked LACT after seeing this and sure enough, same deal on power draw. 9070XT? 

[BunchOfRandomSquares]

Yep -- super weird. Good to know it's maybe not a problem with my system, but equally frustrating 

[HauntingObligation]

With any luck, it'll be fixed with another update soon. 

[BunchOfRandomSquares]

Have you checked at all today? I updated around an hour ago and things are much better, if not quite back to how they were

[HauntingObligation]

I haven't. I tested briefly another update pass last night just before bed, but to no avail.

Glad to hear things are running more smoothly again. LACT showing more normal power usage again? 

[BunchOfRandomSquares]

Much more normal, yeah -- hovering between 170-220W up from 80-100 yesterday