Chrome/firefox running very slow, sometimes 10 seconds or more page loads, some sites just crash all together.
System has a lot of Ram, NVME, but is using Nvidia GPU and 8 core AMD 3000 series.
Is there a setting that may be tweaked to help boost the performance ?
Would a CPU with integrated graphics help?
Can the GPU be used to help with workload ?
Please let me know, thank you.
Check the CPU and memory usage in the qube when it’s starting to work slowly.
About GPU usage:
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) | Qubes OS
What’s your screen resolution? The only way I can get firefox to run even remotely acceptably on a 4k screen is via offloading the qube’s graphics onto a discrete GPU (in my case nvidia as well). See Seamless GPU passthrough on Qubes OS with VirtualGL. There’s a long-term fix in the works (Xen Project Summit 2024 VODs are available on YouTube), but it doesn’t look like it will be ready anytime soon.
How did you do the offloading with Qubes ? Did u just follow the guide ?
Any other sure fire ways to boost performance by a lot while using multiple vms w/ chrome in particular?
I asked about hardware options like discrete vs integrated graphics (AMD), massive core count CPUs, Ram abundance and speed, maybe storage drive types or other software related tweaks.
please guys, dying for some performance to make this more useable for daily driving. Help me out. Thanks.
Hi maybe this can help. See link below
what are the settings for that qube, related to number of vcpu, minimum memory and max memory if ballooning is enabled?
which template are you using?
Yes, basically. The guide should comprehensive enough, but feel free to DM me if you run into problems along the way.
-Debian 12
-6GB Ramm
-2Vcores
Do not know about ballooning, will check and get back on that.
Is there a big difference between my discreet GPU and an APU (CPUw/ graphics), could that be the fix ? Or CPU with massive core count 16 or 64 cores ?
Is ram quantity or speed or both the way?
Maybe newer gen pcie Nvme ?
Software, template, or other optimisations ?
I am not averse to purchasing more optimal hardware to run qubes for daily driving so long as I can get some good performance.
let me know.
Anyone ? @solene maybe ? Pls lmk
Did you try the mullvad browser? It helped me, can even stream youtube without issues.
Ballooning is called memory balance in qubes, under Qube Manager => Qube => Advanced right below the cpus.
Also try disabling hardware acceleration. Don’t think anyone mentioned it here.