• Unreliable@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I’ve tried Linux gaming for a good bit but it doesn’t seem like it’s quite there yet. For the games that worked it was amazing! The only other thing that was annoying was the constant downloading for the shader caches basically every day with steam (yes I know they can be disabled). I was using Bazzite for those wondering.

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      11 months ago

      It depends on what „quite there yet“ means for you.

      Performance wise linux gaming can be on par or better than windows. Statistically it should always be better by now because the resource hog that is called windows slows older systems down.

      The shader caches are bad, ngl. I have enabled downloading/precaching them in the background so its no big deal as long as you have steam open.

      So, for those used to windows and being picky enough to not accept any inconvenience for the tons of upsides: linux isnt for you yet.

      For those who are able to accept the tinyest inconveniences for a limited time: linux is a lot better than windows.

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        11 months ago

        Statistically it should always be better by now because the resource hog that is called windows slows older systems down.

        That’s not how any of this works.

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        11 months ago

        Performance wise it was better for almost every game I played! I’m more used to Linux because that’s what I use at work, but I don’t have the greatest Internet connection, so that’s why the shader caches suck.

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          11 months ago

          Thats very understandable. I hope it will get better at some point. I can’t even remember what the exact reason is. Probably because the engines run on directx and linux uses vulcan or something?