Low FPS on higher refresh rate on desktop (only in Hyprland)

[dabljues]

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Regression?

Not a regression - it's an old bug

System Info and Hyprland Version

System/Version info

Hyprland 0.46.2 built from branch  at commit 0bd541f2fd902dbfa04c3ea2ccf679395e316887  (version: bump to 0.46.2).
Date: Thu Dec 19 19:26:47 2024
Tag: v0.46.2, commits: 5566
built against:
 aquamarine 0.7.0
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.3.3
 hyprcursor 0.1.11
 hyprgraphics 0.1.1


flags set:
debug


System Information:
System name: Linux
Node name: arch
Release: 6.12.8-arch1-1
Version: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:52:26 +0000


GPU information: 
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Renoir [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] [1002:1636] (rev d3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])


os-release: NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://gitlab.archlinux.org/groups/archlinux/-/issues"
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LOGO=archlinux-logo


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Description

I think over half a year ago I've updated my system (pacman -Syu), which probably also updated Hyprland, rebooted and noticed horrible lags when just browsing the web or even typing in a terminal. The only thing that removed the stutter/lags was to decrease the refresh rate of my external monitor (via hyprctl) to 60Hz (it was running on 144Hz). After doing so - no more lags, but, well, 60Hz.

At that time I was doing something important and decided to leave it like this for the time being. I had to disable the animations because they really bugged me at 60Hz. This is just to say that this isn't a new thing, it's been happening for quite some time.

This is a display that I'm using for work, so it wasn't the end of the world, but I will be swapping it to a 240Hz one (to match my main one that I use with my private PC). Now, it would really suck to be stuck at 60Hz on a good 240Hz monitor. I'm not talking about gaming here, just scrolling down a website or looking at animations.

I've had multiple attempts of trying to fix it. Browsed the internet, saw people having issues like not seeing their max refresh rate under hyprctl, but that's not me. I've obviously tried setting the 144Hz again, but it's still laggy as hell. When running glxgears I see 20-22FPS:

❯ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.
109 frames in 5.0 seconds = 21.681 FPS
103 frames in 5.0 seconds = 20.574 FPS

, the Hyprland debug overlay shows 20FPS flat. So this happens when I set the refresh rate to 144Hz. Now, on 60Hz I get 60 FPS. When I set it to 70Hz I get 70FPS. That's strange.

I have FreeSync disabled, tried various configurations with vrr on/off (same for vfr) - nothing helps. I've reinstalled Hyprland, ran it with a default config - no luck.

The most important thing here is - it works on i3! Easy 144FPS in glxgears, no problem. I've used amdgpu_top to see if maybe the GPU is struggling in Hyprland, but no, literally no usage, like 0-3%. Same in i3. This is really strange. Basically, for me, it seems like Hyprland is the culprit here somehow. My setup (in terms of cables, peripherals) didn't change, the only thing that seems to have changed was Hyprland. I know that this was after a full system upgrade, but I guess if that broke something, it wouldn't work in i3 either, but it does.

Does anyone know what may be the problem? I really don't want to go back to i3 just because of this. The only thing I didn't try is to format my laptop and set it up again, but it's a painful process considering how much stuff I would have to configure for work purposes. Not sure it would be a solution either

How to reproduce

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[stojanov]

Same here

[artp96]

I also have this issue with an nvidia gpu, except I have two monitors and have fps issues on both if one of them is set to 144 Hz
This since updating hyprland with yay, yesterday.
No issues with awesomeWM

[vaxerski]

if you re on git this might be hyprwm/aquamarine#132

[Neryss]

if you re on git this might be hyprwm/aquamarine#132

I don't know if this was what you meant but I have the same issue with either the git version from yay, the github one or the pacman one.

But yeah same issue, everything is ok if I cap every monitor at 60 fps, more than that and I have awful drops when moving windows, inputting keystrokes in game etc.

[tlg-tg]

Same issue here I'm using hyprland-git and aquamarine-git on amd gpu.

Update
Just tried it on my secondary nvme with hyprland package instead of hyprland-git and aquamarine instead of aquamarine-git and works no problems.

[dabljues]

I'm happy for you guys!

Me myself I'm using hyprland package (not a git one) and I have AMD GPU. It seems like what I have is not a recent thing, as I mentioned in the description.

[hdm9527]

Same issue. bisect 830350a. My monitor doesn't support HDR. @UjinT34
edit: hyprwm/aquamarine#133 didn't fix the refresh rate glitch.

[tlg-tg]

I'm happy for you guys!

Me myself I'm using hyprland package (not a git one) and I have AMD GPU. It seems like what I have is not a recent thing, as I mentioned in the description.

Did you try to downgrade the aquamarine and hyprland package?

[dabljues]

I'm happy for you guys!
Me myself I'm using hyprland package (not a git one) and I have AMD GPU. It seems like what I have is not a recent thing, as I mentioned in the description.

Did you try to downgrade the aquamarine and hyprland package?

For me the issue happened quite some time ago, I wouldn't wanna try downgrading like to a much older version, I guess. Plus, I really don't remember the exact date when it happened, so it would be quite difficult to guess the version I should downgrade to :(

[Knugel]

I have the same issue but only on the highest resolution of my monitor. Running at full resolution and > 60Hz everything seems to be stuck at ~40 FPS with little GPU usage. I tried incrementing the refresh rate and anything above 88 produces the problem for me.

Running at a lower resolution the problem disappears

I'm using the non git packages with an AMD GPU.

[hdm9527]

#9014 should have fixed this issue.

[stojanov]

Still present for me, after boot up i have some minutes where everything is working as intended (desired refresh rate and performance). After about 5-10 minutes it goes back to it's previous state (using glxgears about 30-40 fps).

Hyprland 0.46.0 built from branch main at commit a6b263713a2b862ed41362082e2147e081934077  ().
Date: Sun Jan 12 05:10:36 2025
Tag: , commits: 5670
built against:
 aquamarine 0.7.1
 hyprlang 0.6.0
 hyprutils 0.3.3
 hyprcursor 0.1.11
 hyprgraphics 0.1.1

[arc-nazrin]

I noticed fps drops in some games, while moving the mouse, it bricks the game to 45 fps.
It doesn't happen on Sway and River.
Happened since I updated Aquamarine & Hyprland.

[Andeke]

I noticed fps drops in some games, while moving the mouse, it bricks the game to 45 fps. It doesn't happen on Sway and River. Happened since I updated Aquamarine & Hyprland.

Does this only happen when in fullscreen? Switching glxgears from fullscreen to windowed mode solves it in my case.

[arc-nazrin]

I noticed fps drops in some games, while moving the mouse, it bricks the game to 45 fps. It doesn't happen on Sway and River. Happened since I updated Aquamarine & Hyprland.

Does this only happen when in fullscreen? Switching glxgears from fullscreen to windowed mode solves it in my case.

It doesn't happened windowed, I guess it's still an option while waiting a fix but for now I play on Sway in a 2nd tty.

[G36maid]

Same issue here!
I am using the Framework 13 with an AMD GPU (integrated in the CPU) and running Arch Linux. After booting into Hyprland, the FPS drops to very low levels after about 10 minutes. This issue does not occur with i3 or Sway.

Despite the FPS drop, both GPU and CPU usage remain low.

Package Details (both not the -git one):

    Hyprland: 0.46.2  
    Built from branch at commit 0bd541f2fd902dbfa04c3ea2ccf679395e316887 (version: bump to 0.46.2).  
    Date: Thu Dec 19 19:26:47 2024  
    Tag: v0.46.2, commits: 5566  
    Built against:  
       Aquamarine: 0.7.0  
       Hyprlang: 0.6.0  
       Hyprutils: 0.3.3  
       Hyprcursor: 0.1.11  
       Hyprgraphics: 0.1.1