GPU overheating due to over utilization of gnome-shell while extension is ON

[prashantjain25]

When i switch-on the extension, gnome-shell version 43 shows high usage of GPU.
Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open "nvitop -m"
2. Enable the extension
3. Open "Nvidia X Server Settings" observe after playing few mins of video GPU hits over 90`C.
4. Cant say about latest NVIDIA gpus, 900 series shows overheating, but once you disable the extension everything is normal.

[CorvetteCole]

This extension is extremely resource intensive, even compared to things like Blur My Shell, Burn My Windows, and others. I suspect rounding every actor is not very efficient but I am not sure there is a better way. I will personally look in to seeing if any performance gains are easily gotten in a few

[wroyca]

This does not happen with my 3070 TI. The core temperature remains about the same

[ventsin]

Desktop RTX 3070. Also noticed a significant performance hit, both in games and in the shell itself.

[halfmexican]

I do in fact love this extension but it makes my laptop grind to a halt

[Fingel]

Came here to look for something related to this. Great extension but enabling it causes lots of stutter and lag with window interactions.

[joaomendoncaa]

I seem to also suffer from these laggy interactions with windows on a ryzen 5 2600. Any updates/insights regarding these performance issues?

[e1himself]

Same here. The rounded borders effect makes everything laggy. Opening the app overview screen (by pressing the Super key) is like 5 fps. At the same time, everything is super smooth if I disable the rounded corners extension.

My laptop is a Zephyrus G14 2021 with Ryzen 9 5900HX and RTX 3060.

Is there anything we can help with, making it more performant? I love how the extension makes all windows look beautiful and consistent. To the point, I prefer keeping things laggy rather than disabling it. But, still, I'd be happy to see the OS UI becoming snappy again :)

[joaomendoncaa]

Same here. The rounded borders effect makes everything laggy. Opening the app overview screen (by pressing the Super key) is like 5 fps. At the same time, everything is super smooth if I disable the rounded corners extension.

My laptop is a Zephyrus G14 2021 with Ryzen 9 5900HX and RTX 3060.

Is there anything we can help with, making it more performant? I love how the extension makes all windows look beautiful and consistent. To the point, I prefer keeping things laggy rather than disabling it. But, still, I'd be happy to see the OS UI becoming snappy again :)

• Are you on wayland or x11? (use echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE to check)
• What nvidia drivers are you using with the 3060? (use $ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" to check)

I was able to drastically improve the performance by upgrading to the latest proprietary drivers from nvidia + jumping into wayland. (I'm also on a ryzen CPU + nvidia gtx GPU)

[Kimiblock]

Wayland is smoother but once opened windows increase it lags again.

[kritag]

I also have this issue with my laptop, i7-11850H, noveau, internal graphics and wayland. Turning it off makes everything snappy, while with the extension on everything is way slower. Tried only having this extension enabled, same lag.

[e1himself]

• Are you on wayland or x11? (use echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE to check)
• What nvidia drivers are you using with the 3060? (use $ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" to check)

1. wayland

2. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] (rev a1)
       Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1722
       Kernel driver in use: nvidia
   --
   04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] (rev c4)
       Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 1722
       Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
   

FWIW, I'm using it on the iGPU most of the time.

[kritag]

I know it's not scientific but this is with a termnial, nautilus and gnome settings open, running glxgears:

glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
360 frames in 5.0 seconds = 71.888 FPS
279 frames in 5.0 seconds = 55.792 FPS
306 frames in 5.0 seconds = 61.164 FPS
297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 59.390 FPS
287 frames in 5.0 seconds = 57.293 FPS
^C
❯ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
499 frames in 5.0 seconds = 99.640 FPS
499 frames in 5.0 seconds = 99.618 FPS
XIO: fatal IO error 62 (Timer expired) on X server ":0"
after 1170 requests (318 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

The first example is with the extension enabled and the second one is without.

Running on wayland with nouveau and what I think is itnernal graphics:
lspci -k | \grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] (rev 01)
DeviceName: Onboard IGD
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA107GLM [RTX A2000 Mobile] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company GA107GLM [RTX A2000 Mobile]
Kernel driver in use: nouveau

Is this extension just too demanding for an iGPU running nouveau?