Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware

Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware

Prominent Linux kernel engineer Peter Zijlstra of Intel has been working on a set of scheduler patches to help with enhancing the behavior and delivering better results, especially for aging hardware he described as a "potato" -- an Intel Sandy Bridge desktop CPU with AMD Radeon RX 580 Polaris graphics. Benchmark results are promising from this work for gaming on old hardware while other workloads may ultimately stand to benefit too...

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