• havokdj@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m just going to go ahead and say this now, do not expect most windows games to run better on Linux than windows. Typically the case is when you find a well optimized game that is CPU bound, or is natively vulkan. Anything else, expect comparable framerates.

    • Reverse Module@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I will disagree and that’s why I made this video. Been benchmarking games for 3 years now, mostly on AMD systems. It went from about same performance, to slightly better, to this. 17% average improvement is nothing to laugh at. It’s the difference between a 4090 and a 7900XTX on Windows. So people can literally save $1000 just by using Linux.

      What you say, does mostly apply to Nvidia users though.

    • Grass@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s comparable more often than not, but honestly even if it was 17% worse on average I would still stick to Linux and just build a better computer. Which is what I did before proton.

  • Reality Suit@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    2 years ago

    People criticizing the ability of Linux to play games reminds me kind of like when people criticized solar power back in the early 90’s. They would say how it’s too expensive or it will never be able to produce the amount of electricity we need. Well, here we are.

  • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Everyone called me mad when I told them that I get more FPS in linux through wine/proton than on windows native with my AMD card, look who’s laughing now

  • thesmokingman@programming.devEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Awesome! I can’t wait to generalize the average of 10 cherry-picked games with tons of Linux work against the 2k+ in my library! I bet I can pick up CS2 with this knowledge and get 10%+ better performance!

    The video is pretty neat. I’m just not sure what we gain from it.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    This should get cited every time there’s a “I’m waiting to switch until Linux ‘gets there’ for gaming” post.

    • czech@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      They are only sampling ten paaticular games. If they included all games or even just games that run poorly then it would be far behind. I use Linux on my desktop but will still boot into windows rather than fussing with it.