BUG: 200-1040 MHZ GPU LOCK ON 3.5.5!

[Alecslee]

So, you have moved the 3.5.5 to stable version KNOWING it has a MAYOR bug related to the gpu getting stuck between 200 and 1040mhz, dropping the performance a LOT, wich has been reported SEVERAL times in the last month:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1176

But its obvious your priority was to launch the oled model as soon as posible , wich needs some.of the 3.5 functions, instead of polishing the 3.5.5 after getting it to the stable, and now you have your 3.5.5 update post full of reports of that same bug...well played:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/eventcomments/7529517132614912523?snr=1_2108_9__2107&ctp=10

Come on valve.....i would fix it as soon as posible if i were you, cuz the bast mayority of the new customers that are going to have this bug, doens't know anything about the gpu, the tdp, or the frecuency, so they are going to asume the machine performs poorly , and its going to be your fault.

[filipemenahensantos]

Same here! 3.4.11 everthing Works, 3.5.5 everthing broken with 200/1040 bug, only downgrade or manually set gpu clock Works, please fix this.

[maxlewandowsky]

Same Here with 3.5.5 .
200/1040 Bug in every Game.

[nervoz:]

Same. Updated yesterday, clock freq are jumping 200 to 1040 all the time.

[Daenerim]

Same problem!

[Poison Dart Frag]

+1

Kinda looks like it happens when the system is not GPU bottlenecked (I first noticed it happening in a game menu, then in moments with simple environments where the game easily reached past 60, but then I noticed when I had stuff going on that would reduce the frame-rate due to logic complexity instead of graphics it still happened, which made me come up with the not GPU bottlenecked hypothesis).

[txomson]

Please translate this:
200/1040 никак не влияют на производительность! Опытным путем я выяснил, что дело в turbo boost, когда частота CPU поднимается выше 2800. Если ограничить частоту в power tools, или отключить turbo boost, то все работает шикарно!

[Poison Dart Frag]

Първоначално публикувано от txomson:

Please translate this:
200/1040 никак не влияют на производительность! Опытным путем я выяснил, что дело в turbo boost, когда частота CPU поднимается выше 2800. Если ограничить частоту в power tools, или отключить turbo boost, то все работает шикарно!

According to DeepL, that translates to:

"200/1040 has no effect on performance! Experimentally I found out that it's turbo boost, when CPU frequency rises above 2800. If you limit the frequency in power tools, or disable turbo boost, everything works great!"

[Pider]

Първоначално публикувано от Poison Dart Frag:

Първоначално публикувано от txomson:

Please translate this:
200/1040 никак не влияют на производительность! Опытным путем я выяснил, что дело в turbo boost, когда частота CPU поднимается выше 2800. Если ограничить частоту в power tools, или отключить turbo boost, то все работает шикарно!

According to DeepL, that translates to:

"200/1040 has no effect on performance! Experimentally I found out that it's turbo boost, when CPU frequency rises above 2800. If you limit the frequency in power tools, or disable turbo boost, everything works great!"

Yep, thats what He said. Yet i dont know how to disable turbo boost in order to test this. If its in the BIOS i dont want to fiddle around there without any knowledge.

[txomson]

Първоначално публикувано от Pider:

Първоначално публикувано от Poison Dart Frag:

According to DeepL, that translates to:

"200/1040 has no effect on performance! Experimentally I found out that it's turbo boost, when CPU frequency rises above 2800. If you limit the frequency in power tools, or disable turbo boost, everything works great!"

Yep, thats what He said. Yet i dont know how to disable turbo boost in order to test this. If its in the BIOS i dont want to fiddle around there without any knowledge.

Unfortunately it's not even in the BIOS. This is done through the console. But you shouldn’t worry about this. It is enough to install Decky Loader (surely everyone already has it), download the Power Tools plugin through it and limit the maximum CPU frequency to 2800mhz. It's very easy and safe

[Pider]

Първоначално публикувано от txomson:

Първоначално публикувано от Pider:

Yep, thats what He said. Yet i dont know how to disable turbo boost in order to test this. If its in the BIOS i dont want to fiddle around there without any knowledge.

Unfortunately it's not even in the BIOS. This is done through the console. But you shouldn’t worry about this. It is enough to install Decky Loader (surely everyone already has it), download the Power Tools plugin through it and limit the maximum CPU frequency to 2800mhz. It's very easy and safe

Okay thank you. I Just tried setting a Manual GPU MHz and this solved the stuttering and FPS dropping for me. The crackling Sound is still present, so it wasnt caused by the unstable FPS i had.

[parumero]

Same Here with 3.5.5
200/1040 Bug in every Game

[Dimitri2401]

Sadly, same here. I have this bug in every game, and sometimes the performance penalty makes the game absolutely unplayable.

For example, the newly released American Arcadia was perfectly running at 40 fps and the next day can barely maintain 25 fps (while also using more watts).

This basically mean I can't play most games now.

[Chris Chingus]

Making me not wanna play anything on my deck with this kind of drop in performance it’s so odd seeing people saying this update is boosting their fps where in everything I play i get horrible stutters in places that were not getting them pre 3.5 hopefully by this week it’s fixed because this is a must

[󠀡󠀡]

Първоначално публикувано от Poison Dart Frag:

Първоначално публикувано от txomson:

Please translate this:
200/1040 никак не влияют на производительность! Опытным путем я выяснил, что дело в turbo boost, когда частота CPU поднимается выше 2800. Если ограничить частоту в power tools, или отключить turbo boost, то все работает шикарно!

According to DeepL, that translates to:

"200/1040 has no effect on performance! Experimentally I found out that it's turbo boost, when CPU frequency rises above 2800. If you limit the frequency in power tools, or disable turbo boost, everything works great!"

+1 to this, it somewhat solves the issue in some games but this bug makes the deck unplayable. hope they hotfix this and it's not an issue on the oled either.

[Raiden85OCUK]

Just another bump, +1 for me as well on 3.5.5. The GPU frequency is up and down between 200/1040 every second or two.