• @havokdj@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•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 ModuleOPEnglish
      1•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
      0•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.

  • circuitfarmerEnglish
    0•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
      0•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.

    • Reverse ModuleOPEnglish
      0•2 years ago

      You mean Linux? It’s 10 times easier and better than Windows lol.

      • @Commiunism@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        0•2 years ago

        As someone who’s been using Linux for 3 years, the amount of bullshit I have to go through to make some of the games/modding tools work properly or having to look up launch commands for almost every game so it runs well enough definitely makes gaming harder compared to Windows “works out of the box” experience.

        Linux desktop too isn’t that much better than Windows except in privacy and security. In terms of ease of use, it’s sometimes on-par with Windows but seeing how you need to troubleshoot stuff when setting up and potentially at update time, it’s insane to call Linux 10 times easier.

        • ADHDefy
          1•2 years ago

          I find day-to-day desktop use easier with a better workflow in Linux, personally, but yeah, while there are plenty of games that run without any tweaking, there are some that will take extra time and effort to get running. Windows is def easier for gaming, especially if you’re not familiar with Linux. There is a learning curve, for sure.

  • Reality SuitEnglish
    0•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.