We’re finally benchmarking GPU performance in Linux, first using the Bazzite OS following thousands of community requests specifically for this operating system. A lot of this is exploratory and research for establishing methodology, so we’re still learning how to control the platforms and software for this benchmarking. In the very least, this allows us to start generating some exit velocity from Windows for some people. Linux still isn’t for everyone. Some users, like our own production machines, are bound to Windows by compatibility requirements with certain software. But gaming has dramatically improved on Linux over the years and is developing fast (despite still having issues), and so it may slowly start to become more viable for gaming users in particular.
In short: They made a test suite that runs on Linux. No clear advantage was measured? Hence people are empowered to switch to Linux?
(Not gonna watch the long video, but am a least curious to the state of gaming on Linux and this is not a GN community i.e. I expect others to also not want to watch such a long video but be kept in the loop)
Then why are you complaining about not getting a Gamers Nexus video that benchmarks game performance spelled out to you when it isn’t even relevant to your use case?
It touches on an interesting topic. Gaming on Linux. I only explained what my performance expectations would be since they outlined theirs and mine contrast starkly.
Equivalent performance requires equivalent software, and developers have a long history of spending substantially more effort optimizing Windows performance than Linux performance. The video has several examples where shit still doesn’t work “right” in linux, even setting aside their explanation of why you can’t directly compare “120 fps” on their specific linux setup with “120 fps” on a specific version of Windows running on the same hardware.
From the video description:
In short: They made a test suite that runs on Linux. No clear advantage was measured? Hence people are empowered to switch to Linux?
(Not gonna watch the long video, but am a least curious to the state of gaming on Linux and this is not a GN community i.e. I expect others to also not want to watch such a long video but be kept in the loop)
Being able to use anything other than Windows without any significant loss in performance is a pretty fucking big advantage.
I expected hardware to perform similar independent of OS. Then again I only use Linux for productive tasks.
Then why are you complaining about not getting a Gamers Nexus video that benchmarks game performance spelled out to you when it isn’t even relevant to your use case?
It touches on an interesting topic. Gaming on Linux. I only explained what my performance expectations would be since they outlined theirs and mine contrast starkly.
Equivalent performance requires equivalent software, and developers have a long history of spending substantially more effort optimizing Windows performance than Linux performance. The video has several examples where shit still doesn’t work “right” in linux, even setting aside their explanation of why you can’t directly compare “120 fps” on their specific linux setup with “120 fps” on a specific version of Windows running on the same hardware.