Recent testing revealed that Arch Linux, Pop!_OS, and even Nobara Linux, which is maintained by a single developer, all outstripped Windows for the performance crown on Windows-native games. The testing was run at the high-end of quality settings, and Valve's Proton was used to run Windows games on Linux.
  • RickyWars1@lemmy.caEnglish
    1113·
    2 years ago

    Cool that average FPS is better but:

    The impressive FPS deltas aside, it should be mentioned that, with the exception of Arch Linux, average frame times (measured as 1% lows, in this case) on Linux were generally behind what Windows managed by up to 20%

    I feel like worse 1% lows makes this title misleading. Hopefully with time this gap will close.

  • ls64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    367·
    2 years ago

    I still can’t get anything to run consistently in Linux after 10 years, and many, many distros. Timber born and Raft currently never open, no matter what. I a huge Linux user but the gamin experience has always been so finicky for me and no matter how much I try it’s still unattainable. And even when they run its with a lot of configution and tinkering unless it has native support. I have no issue with that but I’m so frustrated my experience with this seems so diffent than what everyone else is having. I want to delete my windows partition and it still feels so far away.

    • Amends1782@lemmy.caEnglish
      111·
      2 years ago

      I’d be happy to help if you’d like I can play 90% or more of my library on Linux. Basically, if its in steam it’s a cake walk. I recommend something like Mint cinammon or pop_os all you need is proton really. I can’t run games with certain anti cheat like tarkov cause the anti cheat devs don’t support Linux

      • ls64@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Running mint right now, went back to basics after a stint with majaro. I appreciate the offer but for now the windows distro stays and every few months I will try again. I know so many people have such a seamless experience. That is what makes it way more frustrating.

  • Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4419·
    2 years ago

    …switching to Linux might be worthwhile for gamers on the move looking to eke out every last drop of performance from the ROG Ally or Lenovo Legion Go.

    So they’re talking about the ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go not a desktop PC or a laptop. Nice clickbait.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      192·
      2 years ago

      They’re literally just PCs. They aren’t some mysterious thing. They’re using the same architectures a laptop or desktop would.

    • the_q@lemmy.worldEnglish
      238·
      2 years ago

      I’m on a desktop running Pop and I bet my system performs better than an equal Windows system. These handhelds are actual PCs, bud.

      • Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldEnglish
        149·
        2 years ago

        Okay. But it’s still a clickbait title. Seeing how they said nothing handheld PCs in the title.

        • lea@feddit.deEnglish
          71·
          2 years ago

          The article is referencing a benchmark that was run on desktop hardware so not clickbait. Likely they mentioned the handhelds in the article for ref link revenue.

          • Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            2 years ago

            Funny how they didn’t put in the article. Yet, I’m in the wrong thinking it’s about handheld PCs.

    • Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      2 years ago

      The article talks about those mobile systems, but the actual benchmark on Computerbase tested these on a desktop.

      Ryzen 7 5800X

      Scythe Mugen 5 cooler

      Asus ROG Strix B550-A Gaming

      32BG DDR4-3600-RAM (CL18-22-22-44)

      Sapphire RX 6700 XT Nitro+

      Tested @ 1080p 144Hz, Freesync Off

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 years ago

        Microsoft bros in denial.

        Linux runs windows software faster than Windows can run Windows software.

        You don’t need to get upset by that. You don’t owe MS anything. Be happy that more people can game.

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            2 years ago

            Other way around, mate. I’m not the one crying and coming up with excuses and whatabouts when OS A does better than OS B in a benchmark.

            Microsoft has done nothing for you. They don’t love you. They’re a 2.8 trillion dollar company. They can get by without you carrying water for them.

            Get a hobby.

            • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Literally never said anything of the sort.

              Please go outside and get out of this toxic thinking. It’s not healthy for you.

                • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  11·
                  2 years ago

                  You got offended. And several others it seems. By a joke, which you then immediately proved to be an accurate description of Linux users.

                  This is why more people don’t make the switch.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
    223·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been out of the industry for a while, but unless Windows was completely rewritten from the ground up in the last 5 years, this doesn’t surprise me. That OS has always been a hot, bloated mess. And no, I’m not a Linux bro. I use another heavily commercialised OS that doesn’t run Windows because I no longer have the energy to care.

    An OS written on Unix can outperform Windows? I’m shocked.

  • thatgirlwasfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if they did these tests using ray tracing or not. On my AMD 7900xt in Cyberpunk, ray tracing under linux is practically unusable levels of performance compared to windows .

    • Hal-5700X@lemmy.worldEnglish
      102·
      2 years ago

      Safe bet, they didn’t. Seeing they’re talking about the ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go.

    • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      2 years ago

      radv is gradually catching up with amdvlk in terms of rtrt perf. could be worth using amdvlk for raytacing for now, though

    • potoo22@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      It’s probably more cost effective to run Azure Services on Linux machines than Windows machines.

    • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      They… accepted that they’re not killing Linux, yet. Back in the 2000s, before Azure, they felt quite threated by Linux and ‘Microsoft Linux’ was a joke. The then-CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux a ‘cancer’.

  • egeres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 years ago

    I’m not deep on how the core of an OS works, but to my understanding, the kernel of linux should be more robust and reliable, shouldn’t it always be performing better than windows on the same hardware?

    Where could I read information on the things that hinder performance on linux, does anybody have any educational resources?

    • singron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      On Linux, you run windows programs through wine, which is an additional layer that can theoretically slow down the program.

      Also, windows supports certain constructs like io completion ports or WaitForMultipleObjects that historically haven’t been emulated efficiently on Linux since it lacked comparable primitives, although those specific ones have been greatly improved in recent years with io_uring and FUTEX_WAIT_MULTIPLE.

      There have been similar issues with direct3D since wine used to have to emulate it in OpenGL, but with vkd3d, wine has more opportunities to efficiently implement the d3d apis.

      Basically wine being slower was the norm until quite recently.

  • darganon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I dual boot arch and windows 11 at home. In World of Warcraft arch is behind, and I haven’t figured out what the problem is. Something just feels off with it. With any luck they’ll continue to improve compatibility. (likely Nvidia driver diff)