If we want to convince the windows crowd that linux is a viable alternative, we really need the comparison to show the difference isn’t so bad.
I’ve seen the ancient gameplays video you linked, but there is very little out there for linux vs windows benchmarks that are of high quality. Most videos tend to be incredibly amateur. I really hoped they would throw in a couple of composite charts with windows vs linux results since GN has all this data already and for a simple summary it shouldn’t have been much work at all. Instead I need to look at multiple videos.
What it needs is for the rig you have now to be basically playable. If it’s playable on Windows, it should be playable on Linux. Losing a couple of fps is frankly not a big deal if it’s still overall playable.
Setting aside some anti-cheat issues, it mostly is. Nvidia has some abysmal inconsistencies in a few titles.
I know first hand that if you have a great rig, things are fine. 9800x3d + 9070xt can play anything, anticheat willing :P
It’s still important to see the difference though imo. The more it becomes a meaningful metric the more software developers will consider it. Especially if the western gaming publications start publishing it. It’s the metric of “Is this game shit because the devs haven’t bothered to look at how it performs in wine?” ProtonDB is a start, but still lacks non-steam titles and it isn’t prominently shown in places where it ought to be, like steam store pages. The closest thing to a linux compatibility check on a steam store page is if it’s supported by the deck. Tons of games I play aren’t really suitable to the deck but run wonderfully on linux.
Plus the 5060 example is a good illustration as to why it’s important to see this stuff. On at least one game it’s practically unplayable on linux, but runs basically fine on windows at the same settings. These scenarios are exceedingly few, but the cheaper, weaker GPUs are the ones that sell the most.
If linux market share continues to increase we will see more and more linux native builds and the situation will improve substantially. It’s already a wonder that wine works as well as it does, way better than just a few years ago anyway.
I’ve seen the ancient gameplays video you linked, but there is very little out there for linux vs windows benchmarks that are of high quality.
The video I linked is 2 months old, only focuses on graph data (no gameplay videos) across both AMD and NVidia cards and multiple distros. It’s quite high quality IMHO. Are you confusing it with something else?
EDIT: I just realized you’re referring to the name of his youtube channel. D’oh!
If we want to convince the windows crowd that linux is a viable alternative, we really need the comparison to show the difference isn’t so bad.
I’ve seen the ancient gameplays video you linked, but there is very little out there for linux vs windows benchmarks that are of high quality. Most videos tend to be incredibly amateur. I really hoped they would throw in a couple of composite charts with windows vs linux results since GN has all this data already and for a simple summary it shouldn’t have been much work at all. Instead I need to look at multiple videos.
What it needs is for the rig you have now to be basically playable. If it’s playable on Windows, it should be playable on Linux. Losing a couple of fps is frankly not a big deal if it’s still overall playable.
Setting aside some anti-cheat issues, it mostly is. Nvidia has some abysmal inconsistencies in a few titles.
I know first hand that if you have a great rig, things are fine. 9800x3d + 9070xt can play anything, anticheat willing :P
It’s still important to see the difference though imo. The more it becomes a meaningful metric the more software developers will consider it. Especially if the western gaming publications start publishing it. It’s the metric of “Is this game shit because the devs haven’t bothered to look at how it performs in wine?” ProtonDB is a start, but still lacks non-steam titles and it isn’t prominently shown in places where it ought to be, like steam store pages. The closest thing to a linux compatibility check on a steam store page is if it’s supported by the deck. Tons of games I play aren’t really suitable to the deck but run wonderfully on linux.
Plus the 5060 example is a good illustration as to why it’s important to see this stuff. On at least one game it’s practically unplayable on linux, but runs basically fine on windows at the same settings. These scenarios are exceedingly few, but the cheaper, weaker GPUs are the ones that sell the most.
If linux market share continues to increase we will see more and more linux native builds and the situation will improve substantially. It’s already a wonder that wine works as well as it does, way better than just a few years ago anyway.
The video I linked is 2 months old, only focuses on graph data (no gameplay videos) across both AMD and NVidia cards and multiple distros. It’s quite high quality IMHO. Are you confusing it with something else?
EDIT: I just realized you’re referring to the name of his youtube channel. D’oh!