--- title: KDE Plasma 6.8 To Enjoy Huge Performance Gains For... description: KDE Plasma 6.8 is bringing major performance improvements for multi-GPU and external GPU (eGPU) setups on Linux. Developer Xaver Hugl implemented DMA-BUF v6... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-plasma-6-8-to-enjoy-huge-performance-gains-for-multi-gpu-egpu-performance-im85oha5x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: KDE Plasma 6.8 To Enjoy Huge Performance Gains For Multi-GPU/eGPU Performance | daily.dev og:description: KDE Plasma 6.8 is bringing major performance improvements for multi-GPU and external GPU (eGPU) setups on Linux. Developer Xaver Hugl implemented DMA-BUF v6... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kde-plasma-6-8-to-enjoy-huge-performance-gains-for-multi-gpu-egpu-performance-im85oha5x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IM85oHA5x.png og:image:alt: KDE Plasma 6.8 To Enjoy Huge Performance Gains For Multi-GPU/eGPU Performance og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # KDE Plasma 6.8 To Enjoy Huge Performance Gains For Multi-GPU/eGPU Performance **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary KDE Plasma 6.8 is bringing major performance improvements for multi-GPU and external GPU (eGPU) setups on Linux. Developer Xaver Hugl implemented DMA-BUF v6 support in KWin and reworked how multi-GPU buffer copies are managed, enabling direct scan-out and eliminating unnecessary copies in many cases. Real-world results show dramatic gains: from 40 to 120 FPS in general eGPU testing, and from 27 to 50 FPS in Cyberpunk 2077. Additional Plasma 6.8 changes include pixel-by-pixel screen positioning in Display Configuration, and KDE Frameworks 6.29 fixes a freeze triggered by notifications with many emojis. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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