Is toying with niceness a good idea?

Quazarzero · September 22, 2024, 12:56pm

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/s/xk7NvpDIaX

Seams to help with scratchy audio and overall perf

Have you tried ?

ptr1337 · September 22, 2024, 1:05pm

ananicy-cpp does that with our ananicy-rules.

See here:

github.com

CachyOS/ananicy-rules/blob/master/00-types.types#L4


      
          # Type: Game
          # Use more CPU time if possible
          # Games do not always need more IO, but in most cases can be hungry for CPU
          { "type": "Game", "nice": -5, "ioclass": "best-effort", "latency_nice": -5 }
          
          # Type: Player Audio/Video
          # Try to add more CPU power to decrease latency/lags
          # Try to add real time io for avoiding lags
          { "type": "Player-Audio", "nice": -4, "latency_nice": -4 }
          { "type": "Player-Video", "nice": -4, "latency_nice": -4 }
          
          # Must have more CPU/IO time, but not so much as other apps
          { "type": "Image-View", "nice": -4, "latency_nice": -4 }
          { "type": "Doc-View",   "nice": -4, "latency_nice": -4 }

Quazarzero · September 22, 2024, 1:16pm

So I have nothing to do with the handheld edition?

Steam processes will be granted nice priority by default?

ptr1337 · September 22, 2024, 1:26pm

Yes, correct.