Envy Control

EnvyControl is a CLI tool that provides an easy way to switch between GPU modes on Nvidia Optimus systems (i.e laptops with hybrid Intel + Nvidia or AMD + Nvidia graphics configurations) under Linux.

https://github.com/bayasdev/envycontrol

Features

Written in Python 3+ for portability and compatibility
Supports GDM, SDDM and LightDM display managers
Save battery with integrated graphics mode
PCI-Express Runtime D3 (RTD3) Power Management support for Turing and later
Coolbits support for GPU overclocking
Fix screen tearing with ForceCompositionPipeline
works for both dracut and mkinitcpio

The tool offers 3 Graphics modes:

Integrated: The integrated Intel or AMD iGPU is used exclusively

Hybrid: Enables PRIME render offloading

Nvidia: The Nvidia dGPU is used exclusively

detailed info here: README.md#-graphics-modes

You will find an AUR PKGBUILD and can install it over yay:

yay -S envycontrol

to run it use this commandline and check the usage box for options (graphics modes):

sudo envycontrol -s <MODE>

Usage:

_{usage: envycontrol.py [-h] [-v] [-q] [-s MODE] [--dm DISPLAY_MANAGER] [--force-comp] [--coolbits [VALUE]] [--rtd3 [VALUE]] [--reset-sddm] [--reset] [--verbose]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         Output the current version
  -q, --query           Query the current graphics mode
  -s MODE, --switch MODE
                        Switch the graphics mode. Available choices: integrated, hybrid, nvidia
  --dm DISPLAY_MANAGER  Manually specify your Display Manager for Nvidia mode. Available choices: gdm, gdm3, sddm, lightdm
  --force-comp          Enable ForceCompositionPipeline on Nvidia mode
  --coolbits [VALUE]    Enable Coolbits on Nvidia mode. Default if specified: 28
  --rtd3 [VALUE]        Setup PCI-Express Runtime D3 (RTD3) Power Management on Hybrid mode.}
                    _{Available choices: 0, 1, 2, 3. Default if specified: 2
  --reset-sddm          Restore default Xsetup file
  --reset               Revert changes made by EnvyControl
  --verbose             Enable verbose mode}

for detailed help and info on how to use this awesome tool read the detailed wiki at the source:

https://github.com/bayasdev/envycontrol/blob/main/README.md

EnvyControl Frequently-Asked-Questions have also a lot of good information.

Thank’s @VictorBayas at the telegram chat to hint me on his helpful tool perfectly fitting for EndeavourOS indeed!

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