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Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average (video.hardlimit.com)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, especially AAA releases usually do not, or least not right away. For example according to ProtonDB Starfield (and yes I know, most people here don't like it - but I do) still doesn't work reliably, especially not on Nvidia cards. And no amount of indie puzzle games makes up for AAA titles working hassle free and on day one for the vast majority of users.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For example according to ProtonDB Starfield (and yes I know, most people here don't like it - but I do) still doesn't work reliably, especially not on Nvidia cards

This is an nvidia driver issue more than a proton/wine issue. When amd releases terrible game drivers on windows, amd is blamed so why is linux blamed when it is nvidia's fault¿?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t mind waiting a week until the relevant things are fixed, why do you need to play something the moment they are released?

BG3 worked for me on the week of release, I did not buy / test it on the day of releas however, but afaik all it needed to work fine was a switch from Vulkan to DX12

Its not a matter of it being AAA or Indie. Yes some games don’t play well or at all. Most games do, and they do it seamlessly.

According to ProtonDB Starfield works, with less FPS and some (rare crashes). I would bet my left nut that the main reason is that bethesda released a buggy incomplete mess and left it to the modders to complete for free. And if bethesda hadn’t put out spaghetti it would probably just work with proton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I usually don't, I'd like to but I generally don't have the time for it. But many people do play on launch day, as you can see looking at the player charts on Steam. You can't say "gaming on Linux works, you don't need Windows" and then have all these little caveats. For the vast majority of people something either works when they click "Play" or it doesn't work at all. This is an enthusiast community, but most people just aren't that.

And I'll admit that I didn't recheck Starfield before commenting. Nice to see, it was a no-go on Nvidia initially.