Why does my game skip frames on my laptop?

Question

I was creating a 2D game which has next to no complexity at all, only a few sprites and a hero. When put in full screen the screen starts skipping after about 15 seconds of play in a cycle. By cycle I mean it starts skipping for about 2 seconds and then becomes smooth for 2 seconds and then starts skipping for 2 seconds over and over again.

I tested this using different template games in godot and the same thing started happening, which is why I didn't upload the code for my game. It's basically happening in all games.

I'm using a macbook pro early 2015 8gb ram
Godot Engine v3.1.2.stable.custom_build - https://godotengine.org
OpenGL ES 3.0 Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Iris 6100 (Broadwell GT3)
Manjaro Linux operating System

Comments

OpenGL ES 2 - skip frames?

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It's better on OpenGL ES 2.0

If I shut down chromium and am on OpenGL ES 3.0 it improved, but still skipped noticeably. When I put it on OpenGL ES 2.0 with chromium shutdown, there is no skipping whatsoever except for once in a blue moon.

But shouldn't my computer be able to handle chromium being open with a simple 2D sprite game and why can't it handle OpenGL ES 3.0? Is this some kind of cutting edge technology which hogs all the resources??

Edit:
It started lagging badly in OpenGL ES 2.0 aswell so I went to System Monitor and turned up priority for Godot, and the Godot game running to "Very High" on OpenGL ES 2.0, that's when I get the best performance. Is there some problem with my Graphics Card maybe?

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yep, 99% problem in computer (driver on video card or OS)

Answer 1

I reinstalled Mac OSX.
The game works fine with OpenGL ES 3.0 and 2.0.
Guess it was an optimisation problem with the Graphics card drivers or something to that effect.