Gamemode is a feral interactive tool to improve the performance of Linux games

Feral Interactive is a video game developer specialized in the Linux platform, in fact, it has been the studio in charge of porting most of the games that have come from Windows to the operating system. This company is also responsible for creating optimization tools like GameMode.

GameMode improves the performance of games on Linux

GameMode is a new daemon / library combo for Linux, which allows games to automatically apply performance optimizations while running - in short, it allows Linux users to access higher performance from their systems without the need to enter privileged commands in the console.

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A frequent problem with Linux is that CPUs can often lower their performance, creating performance problems. Games compatible with GameMode will be able to use the CPU controller, to prevent the processor from lowering its working frequency, which would increase the frametimes, thereby decreasing the fluidity of the games.

Gaming on Linux has had early access to Feral Interactive's GameMode software, allowing them to test various games with and without the tool. Below are the performance charts for F1 2017 and Company of Heroes 2. The performance gains shown are significant, although they will vary greatly depending on the hardware configuration, and whether the system is already optimized for maximum performance.

GameMode is open source and must be installed manually, it is already available for installation on GitHub.

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