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Doesn’t look promising when Snapdragon X Elite struggles with Fortnite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40733872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40733

Doesn’t look promising when Snapdragon X Elite struggles with Fortnite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40733872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40733872

snvzz 2y ago
Isn't that proprietary x86 code? The average Linux user runs code from the distribution's packages, built for the architecture Linux runs on.
- DiabloD3 2y ago
  "No", Epic spent a lot of money on the mobile gaming market that never came. Its why Epic being booted from the Google and Apple stores was such a huge deal: torpedoed their dreams of monetizing loot crates and other degenerate scams in emerging markets. Can't tell what build they used in the benchmarks, though.
  - goosedragons 2y ago
    Fortnite on Windows is an x64 app. There is no ARM version for Windows. It's also not hugely relevant to running Linux on ARM.
- high_na_euv 2y ago
  What do you mean by "proprierary x86 code"
  - darthrupert 2y ago
    Fortnite is not opensource, so the code is running through an emulator. Apparently, the quality of the emulators on Windows is severly lacking in comparison to what Apple has done. As usual.
    - rcxdude 2y ago
      it's not like gaming via apple's emulators is a speedy, smooth experience, to be fair.
      - mrkstu 2y ago
        Civ 5 works great on my MacBook ProMax M1- though it burns through battery pretty fast unplugged…
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goosedragons 2y ago
Why? It's not a native Windows on ARM app. Fornite uses kernel level anti-cheat. It's not a surprise it's broken. It'd be broken on x86 Linux under Proton or macOS with Whiskey too. Linux on ARM at this point is in a more mature state than Windows with most distros having a huge percentage of packages available for ARM.
- TillE 2y ago
  Right, "struggles" implies bad performance when in reality it simply doesn't work. Windows' translation layer handles user code, but not kernel drivers.
daghamm 2y ago
Hard disagree. Galaxy s24 (a phone) can run fallout 4. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-S24-Ultra-runs-Fallout-4-and-many-other-PC-games-with-more-than-playable-frame-rates.849010.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-S24-Ultra-runs-...

Doesn’t look promising when Snapdragon X Elite struggles with Fortnite: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40733872 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40733872

snvzz 2y ago

Isn't that proprietary x86 code? The average Linux user runs code from the distribution's packages, built for the architecture Linux runs on.

DiabloD3 2y ago
"No", Epic spent a lot of money on the mobile gaming market that never came. Its why Epic being booted from the Google and Apple stores was such a huge deal: torpedoed their dreams of monetizing loot crates and other degenerate scams in emerging markets. Can't tell what build they used in the benchmarks, though.
- goosedragons 2y ago
  Fortnite on Windows is an x64 app. There is no ARM version for Windows. It's also not hugely relevant to running Linux on ARM.
high_na_euv 2y ago
What do you mean by "proprierary x86 code"
- darthrupert 2y ago
  Fortnite is not opensource, so the code is running through an emulator. Apparently, the quality of the emulators on Windows is severly lacking in comparison to what Apple has done. As usual.
  - rcxdude 2y ago
    it's not like gaming via apple's emulators is a speedy, smooth experience, to be fair.
    - mrkstu 2y ago
      Civ 5 works great on my MacBook ProMax M1- though it burns through battery pretty fast unplugged…

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goosedragons 2y ago

Why? It's not a native Windows on ARM app. Fornite uses kernel level anti-cheat. It's not a surprise it's broken. It'd be broken on x86 Linux under Proton or macOS with Whiskey too. Linux on ARM at this point is in a more mature state than Windows with most distros having a huge percentage of packages available for ARM.

TillE 2y ago
Right, "struggles" implies bad performance when in reality it simply doesn't work. Windows' translation layer handles user code, but not kernel drivers.

daghamm 2y ago

Hard disagree. Galaxy s24 (a phone) can run fallout 4. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-S24-Ultra-runs-Fallout-4-and-many-other-PC-games-with-more-than-playable-frame-rates.849010.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-S24-Ultra-runs-...