{ # Transparent Hugepages for better memory performance boot.kernel.sysctl = { "vm.max_map_count" = 1048576; # For some games that need it "vm.swappiness" = 200; # Reduce swapping # BBR congestion control "net.core.default_qdisc" = "fq"; "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control" = "bbr"; "kernel.sysrq" = 1; # Enable SysRq for emergency recovery # CachyOS performance tweaks "kernel.nmi_watchdog" = 0; # Disable NMI watchdog (reduces overhead) "vm.vfs_cache_pressure" = 50; # Better file cache retention "vm.dirty_ratio" = 10; # Faster writes to disk "vm.dirty_background_ratio" = 5; # Background write threshold "kernel.sched_autogroup_enabled" = 0; # Better CPU scheduling for gaming }; }