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> Many games perform better on Linux than they do on Windows (Borderlands, Overwatch) Do you have anything to back that up? In my personal experience Overwatch

by xaduha 6y ago

> Many games perform better on Linux than they do on Windows (Borderlands, Overwatch) Do you have anything to back that up? In my personal experience Overwatch absolutely doesn't perform better on Linux. Haven't tried Borderlands, but in any case two games don't count as 'many'. Unless you mean all Borderlands games.

smoldesu 6y ago
Someone posted a pretty good comparison video of Overwatch performance on Windows vs Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXc1nCD4IA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXc1nCD4IA Windows runs hotter and tends to have a slightly lower average framerate with a much lower 1% low. In the case of Borderlands, 1 and 2 have much better performance than what I saw on Windows, and TPS pretty much identical to Windows performance. Borderlands 3 is about a little slower on Linux, but I'm guessing that has to do with DXVK's incomplete DX12 support. Overall, the Borderlands franchise is completely playable on Linux, and oftentimes a better experience. Also, I refrained from listing more games out of respect for your time. Out of the games I've tried, I've noticed better performance in the following: Team Fortress 2, MGSV The Phantom Pain, Valheim, Fallout 4, CS:GO, Insurgency, Mirror's Edge, Payday 2, Warframe, Prey, Kerbal Space Program, DOOM (2016), and Terraria. If I had a larger library, I'd probably try more games.
- xaduha 6y ago
  I'd say there's something wrong with your Windows installation then, in my opinion if you tune your Linux distro for gaming, then maybe (depending on your hardware) you can get on par results with Windows. But more benchmarks are always nice, so let's leave it at that, everyone can decide for themselves https://www.youtube.com/c/FlightlessMango/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/FlightlessMango/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/beronori/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/beronori/videos

by xaduha 6y ago

smoldesu 6y ago

Someone posted a pretty good comparison video of Overwatch performance on Windows vs Linux: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXc1nCD4IA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voXc1nCD4IA Windows runs hotter and tends to have a slightly lower average framerate with a much lower 1% low. In the case of Borderlands, 1 and 2 have much better performance than what I saw on Windows, and TPS pretty much identical to Windows performance. Borderlands 3 is about a little slower on Linux, but I'm guessing that has to do with DXVK's incomplete DX12 support. Overall, the Borderlands franchise is completely playable on Linux, and oftentimes a better experience. Also, I refrained from listing more games out of respect for your time. Out of the games I've tried, I've noticed better performance in the following: Team Fortress 2, MGSV The Phantom Pain, Valheim, Fallout 4, CS:GO, Insurgency, Mirror's Edge, Payday 2, Warframe, Prey, Kerbal Space Program, DOOM (2016), and Terraria. If I had a larger library, I'd probably try more games.

xaduha 6y ago
I'd say there's something wrong with your Windows installation then, in my opinion if you tune your Linux distro for gaming, then maybe (depending on your hardware) you can get on par results with Windows. But more benchmarks are always nice, so let's leave it at that, everyone can decide for themselves https://www.youtube.com/c/FlightlessMango/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/FlightlessMango/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/beronori/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/beronori/videos