580 release feedback & discussion

Summary of issues on the top of my head that still exist:

  • Random black screens when playing intensive games, sometimes resulting in a partial GPU driver crash. It is sometimes possible to switch to a TTY, but attempting to switch back to a graphical session will crash the driver for good.
  • When a display goes to sleep or is turned on, it may not receive a signal from the driver. Unplugging and replugging the display cable from the GPU will eventually fix this.
  • Rebooting may result in no BIOS display signal. Only unplugging and replugging the monitor back in seems to fix this.
  • Desktop memory usage is excessively high(over 2GB sometimes).
  • A large amount of GPU Memory is unaccounted for in nvidia-smi / NVML.
  • Applications crash when VRAM is full.
  • Shared RAM under Linux seems broken. It’s almost like there is an incredibly small amount(256MB) and once that’s gone things start crashing.
  • DLSS3 / DLSS4 / Smooth Motion is broken. It universally lowers FPS and can cause massive input lag and micro stuttering.
  • Gnome-shell / GDM can freeze on login from a fresh boot. Switching to a TTY and relogging in works around this.
  • Ray Tracing is broken on a lot of games, resulting in an XID 109 or some other error.
  • Some games have XID 13 errors like Metro Exodus EE in the main menu.
  • Some games show DLSS upscaling options but no frame generation(GTA 5: Enhanced and Portal 2: RTX). Maybe a Proton issue?
  • Dragging the HDR slider under Gnome can cause a driver crash.
  • DX12 games have a massive performance penalty.
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