When I try to run any game on my computer through Steam and Xorg it caps the frame rate at 60 FPS, in my research, I found that apparently this is some kind of limitation of Xorg. However, if I use Wayland the frame rate cap is solved, but some games keep flickering, I was unable to fix it.
>>> inti -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=cf35bdd2-48e7-4b26-80ac-76b47ae70116 rw quiet splash
udev.log_priority=3 nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
wm: kwin_x11 with: krunner vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: B360M-D3H v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: B360M D3H-CF serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: F16 date: 12/21/2023
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming
Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Device-2: ps-controller-battery-24:a6:fa:a7:0d:c7 model: N/A serial: N/A
charge: N/A status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8700 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF8
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 76831
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional;
RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: eVga.com.
driver: nvidia v: 550.135 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f08 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 1405x343mm (55.31x13.50")
s-diag: 1446mm (56.94")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled pos: primary,left
res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 92 size: 532x304mm (20.94x11.97") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: right res: 2560x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 81 size: 798x334mm (31.42x13.15") modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.135
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 5.86 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 9 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1f08
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Kingston HyperX 7.1 Audio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:5 chip-ID: 0951:16a4 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-5: C-Media ARCANO AM-BLACK-1
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-8:6 chip-ID: 0d8c:0134 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Sony DualSense wireless controller (PS5)
driver: playstation,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 054c:0ce6 class-ID: 0300
Info: services: NetworkManager
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 158.04 GiB (8.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS100T2B0C-00PXH0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 211210WD temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 915.53 GiB (98.32%)
used: 152.86 GiB (16.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C pch: 55.0 C mobo: 37.0 C gpu: nvidia
temp: 41 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.53 GiB used: 2.81 GiB (18.1%)
Processes: 301 Power: uptime: 23m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.15 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1489 pm: pacman pkgs: 1479 libs: 394 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 10 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.36
