GameMode – optimizse Linux system performance on demand

GameMode is a daemon/lib combo for Linux that allows games to request a set of optimizations be temporarily applied to the host OS and/or a game process.

GameMode was designed primarily as a stop-gap solution to problems with the Intel and AMD CPU powersave or ondemand governors, but is now host to a range of optimization features and configurations.

This is free and open source software.

Support for optimizations including:

• CPU governor.
• I/O priority.
• Process niceness.
• Kernel scheduler (SCHED_ISO).
• Screensaver inhibiting.
• GPU performance mode (NVIDIA and AMD), GPU overclocking (NVIDIA).
• Custom scripts.
• Packages are available for a wide range of distros.

Website: github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode
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Developer: Feral Interactive
License: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License

GameMode is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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