Intel Posts Patch For Fixing/Boosting Lunar Lake Linux Performance On ASUS Laptops

[usernameinput]

I have an Asus laptop also, while it has an older gen raptor lake CPU (Intel 120u) the Asus software on the Windows ssd that it came with has these performance modes available to set (whisper mode, etc). I wonder if my laptop will be affected by this patch, since I've noticed that, at least on synthetic benchmarks, the performance is higher on windows for multicore workloads. Either way the performance is good enough for me as is, just don't get why this exists when power profiles have been around forever.

[sarmad]

I don't think I've ever seen a laptop with good internal speakers. They all cheap out there because 90% of the time you're going to be using headphones or a headset, etc, anyway.

Yes, but I'm not talking about bad audio, I'm talking about no audio at all if the volume isn't high enough. And I'm not talking about the volume in the settings; I'm talking about the actual audio loudness. So, if I'm playing a video and the person in the video lower their voice that gets chopped off completely. It's some sort of gimmick that MSI has done that requires a special driver or something. It's not a big deal as you said because most of the time I need to use a headset anyway.

[PennRobotics]

That reminds me that you can't just buy a random laptop and expect it to run Linux...

I've bought multiple Linux laptops and only one properly ran Linux. I don't really expect Linux to run on anything at this point, but it's refreshing when/if it happens.

[lenis0012]

I have to say I am very happy to hear that these kind of issues are being investigated by Intel. I think it's amazing.
Asus needs to do better though, they are really the ones who should have noticed and fixed the issue from the sounds of it.

I understand that Windows would be the main focus for laptop manufacturers but I think big brands like Asus should do at least basic tests on a Linux system to ensure that the experience is stable and performance roughly matches expectations. More often than not, when there is a problem, the fix is relatively simple.

[billyswong]

Farkin' ASUS. They suck at software. Armory Crate is a disgusting bloated mess on Windows. Their laptops and desktop motherboards often have weird OEM specific stuff like this.

How about you suggest a motherboard brand that is totally safe on this kind of issue?

[ahrs]

Not if the laptop isn't popular among Linux users. I have MSI GS66 and it's been with me for almost 3 years now, and it has issues with the speaker that never got resolved (not audio chipset issue, audio actually works but the internal speaker clips audio below certain volume; external speaker works fine).

I don't think I've ever seen a laptop with good internal speakers. They all cheap out there because 90% of the time you're going to be using headphones or a headset, etc, anyway.

[sarmad]

Not initially anyway, but within 6 months everything is usually sorted out.

Not if the laptop isn't popular among Linux users. I have MSI GS66 and it's been with me for almost 3 years now, and it has issues with the speaker that never got resolved (not audio chipset issue, audio actually works but the internal speaker clips audio below certain volume; external speaker works fine).

[ahrs]

Some recent Asus laptops are supporting ASUS Intelligent Performance Technology

It doesn't sound so intelligent to me if it led to a performance issue. Good on Intel for fixing it though.

[Abacus123]

That reminds me that you can't just buy a random laptop and expect it to run Linux...

From my experience most modern x86-64 PCs will run Linux distributions just fine but you have some companies like asus that drag their feet and demand others add full support, usually for gimmicky things like secondary displays but sometimes audio. At least the big three lenovo, dell, and hp seem to participate in the ubuntu certification program.

[MadCatX]

Farkin' ASUS. They suck at software. Armory Crate is a disgusting bloated mess on Windows. Their laptops and desktop motherboards often have weird OEM specific stuff like this.

Wow... sometimes I wonder how much of the "good" stuff I'm missing out on by not running Windows. This video probably sums it up nicely https://youtu.be/8UGO3EG5DC8