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Re:How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs by xaduha on Sunday October 13, 2019 @05:26AM (#21239409)
When running Overwatch under VFIO according to Task Manager and i7z tool on the host it loads cores pretty evenly for me.

Can't keep 150 FPS at all times during a replay for instance, gonna disable mitigations and see if anything changes.

EDIT: nothing drastic happened, probably need to disable Windows protections as well.

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Re:How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs by xaduha on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:58AM (#21239921)
Can't edit anymore, so adding here. Between 'not vulnerable' and 'max speed' there are a few different intermediate states, probably was in one of those. And I have to admit that for All Green in spectre-meltdown-checker.sh and InSpectre.exe I'd have to pay a pretty noticeable price based on my Overwatch VFIO testing.

Pretty sure there's no point returning to that intermediate state again, might as well commit to one or the other.

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