I recently upgraded my system to kernel linux 6.2.8.arch1-1 and graphics driver nvidia 530.41.03-1. What I noticed is that there’s a high input lag on my external monitor (4K res, 59.94Hz). Although, not everything per se:
Mouse movements were only a few hundred ms behind any movements.
Opening up a new window a few seconds.
Writing text had the highest, with a several seconds long lag behind typing, and to the point the external monitor was virtually unusable.
I tried mirroring my laptop’s integrated monitor on the external, and there was a visible lag on the external monitor observed that was not present on the integrated monitor. I have found several users reporting similar problems:
Seemingly, there’s an issue with high refresh rates, and with high resolutions in the new driver. I therefore reverted back to the nvidia-dkms 525.89.02-2 driver, and the input lag is gone.
I therefore have the following questions:
Are anyone here familiar with this issue and know how to fix it?
Alternatively, is this a known bug, or should I report it?
In case I need to file a bug report, where do I do that?
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: 82JY Legion 5 17ACH6H
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics (16) @ 3.200GHz [49.8°C]
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series
CPU Usage: 0%
Memory: 7.49GiB / 29.23GiB
Disk (/): 879G / 954G (93%)
Resolution: 1920x1080 @ 144.00Hz, 3840x2160 @ 59.94Hz
Kernel: Linux 6.2.8-arch1-1
GPU Driver: NVIDIA 530.41.03
DE: GNOME 43.4
I too faced high input lag and stutters in Fedora 37 after upgrading to 530.41.03 driver.
I tried reinstalling fedora 37 and got blank screen during login. This never happened in the previous nvidia driver version.
I hope Nvidia fixes this issue.
Hi there!, I can confirm this is still and Issue with this driver, this seems to started after 525.89.02-1 (this is the last working driver) and I think it’s related to Optimus setups on Wayland, I know there are (or where) issues with this config, but I’m runing XFCE 4.18 which supposedly runs Xorg and this started to happen abruptly. The only solution I found was changing from reverse PRIME (using nvidia GPU only when running GPU intense apps) to Running PRIME (Nivida always on and bypass intel internal gpu).
I have filed a bug 4074670 internally for tracking purpose.
Request you to share nvidia bug report, Xorg logs in verbose mode and repro video for reference.
Meanwhile, I will try to reproduce issue on available notebooks.
Switching to “Prefer Maximum Performance” in PowerMizer settings seems to solve the issue. However, this is more a workaround than a solution. My guess is that the NVIDIA driver fails to ramp up the clock (performance level) in a timely manner.
Thanks for the tip! How does that affect fan noise though? Also, since I am using switchable graphics, shouldn’t graphics rendering for the most part be done by the (AMD) iGPU, wheras the (Nvidia) dGPU simply passthrough graphics rendering to the HDMI port?
Indeed, fan is alway on, even when the laptop is idle. That’s one reason why it’s a workaround and not a solution.
I think it depends on how your particular system (i.e. Arch Linux) is configured. On my Fedora installation I’ve forced the NVIDIA GPU all the time following this guide.
I specifically configured my system to only offload to dGPU on-demand. I reinstalled the 530 drivers again and turned off switchable graphics altogether in UEFI settings (which should effectively force all rendering to dGPU). After reboot the input lag is gone. Seemingly the issue lies with iGPU rendering passthrough to HDMI port (located on dGPU).
My current system config:
OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: 82JY Legion 5 17ACH6H
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics (16) @ 3.200GHz [49.0°C]
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q
CPU Usage: 3%
Memory: 3.60GiB / 31.20GiB
Disk (/): 825G / 954G (87%)
Resolution: 3840x2160 @ 59.94Hz, 1920x1080 @ 144.00Hz
Kernel: Linux 6.3.1-arch1-1
GPU Driver: NVIDIA 530.41.03
DE: GNOME 44.1
Just here to say I have the same problem on a 60hz 1920x1080 HDMI TV… I don’t know who to blame, probably nvidia shareholders, I’m super disappointed about nvidia quality for linux systems, I always have problems (even for more stable distros like ubuntu or debian), if I would have choice at the time I bought my computer, I would have bought other graphic card brand, for sure.
I hope this post will help people as maybe someone will find a solution, so what I wrote above would be wrong, please prove me I’m wrong about nvidia (⊃‿⊂).
Just here to say I had to deactivate « Switchable Graphics » inside my Bios/UEFI to have second screen sync’ again.
Thing is I totally lost discrete compatibility switch here, so maybe my battery is gonna just die sooner, I really have to thank Nvidia & Lenovo to have chosen Nvidia, this situation is just super outrageous.
If anyone here have a better solution or even a radeon graphic laptop to advise that have nice linux compatibility, I’ll take it !
