The nvidia driver lives inside the Xorg process so I don't think this is Xorg's fault but is Nvidia's. Particularly since you've said "Disabling the nvidia driver (going back to an opensource driver) removed this spiking".
** Tags added: nvidia ** Tags added: performance ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 (Ubuntu) ** Summary changed: - Xorg high CPU usage and stuttering on ubuntu 20.04 + Xorg high CPU usage and stuttering with the Nvidia driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1868009 Title: Xorg high CPU usage and stuttering with the Nvidia driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/+bug/1868009/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
