I just got this laptop (Asus TUF A15 2021) today and it surprised me that everything works just fine out of the box on Vanilla Arch, except NVIDIA gpu I had to install it manually on battery power that’s why I enable powersaving mode. As for games performance it’s basically the same as windows no more no less.
This is also my first time using a screen above 60hz, and I gotta say it’s pretty smooth to move around the desktop.
Careful with those laptops though, they run really hot. I have the same one and my dedicated GPU is broken, possibly from overheating but I will admit I can’t know for sure.
Undervolting is great on gaming laptops. Usually nets you a performance boost simply by reducing thermal throttling.
Even just a few mV has made a difference for me.
How’d ya do that?
intel-undervolt/amdctl for cpu, lact for amd gpu, gwe for nvidia gpu (although voltage control on linux with nvidia is not possible, you can get a similar result by overclocking+limiting power)
