Low desktop framerate with Gsync enabled

tom73287428764

Hi,
I'm getting low framerate on the desktop when Gsync is enabled. Mouse movement is very choppy and the display is at 48hz unless i'm in a game or dragging windows around.
NVIDIA DRIVER - 440.82
Budgie Desktop

tom73287428764

Found a fix for this myself years later. Posting in case it's useful to anyone else

(This is Budgie specific but it might work with other DEs if you replace "budgie-wm" with your window manager)

Open nvidia-settings as sudo
Go to application profiles and create a new profile with GLGSYNCAllowed set to false.
Create a new rule assigned to that profile and under Process Name enter: budgie-wm
Make sure everything is saved. There's a bunch of save buttons and one is right above the Quit button under Application Profiles.
Now go to the "X Server Display Configuration" tab and hit "Save to X Configuration File" and save.
Reboot.

You can test if GSYNC is working properly in-game by enabling the indicator under OpenGL settings

tom73287428764

Another update:

It seems like the application profiles created with and without sudo are seperate so creating one with sudo doesn't seem to kick in once you're logged in. To rectify this, do the above steps with and without sudo to have it working properly.