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[–] calum@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Gaming on Linux has never been better. Out of the top 100 (mostly Windows platform) games, only 7 are entirely unplayable according to https://www.protondb.com/

80/100 are Gold or Platinum rated which means very playable. I often get better performance in Linux than Windows, even with the default open source drivers. I am using an AMD GPU which gives an advantage as they have better open source support, but for NVIDIA all the Linux distros I've used have had a documented path to install their binary drivers for better performance. My only bugbear is the game developers that actively hate Linux and that try to disable their game from working via anti cheat.

It's true that it sometimes takes a bit more tinkering, especially if you're using some esoteric controller or other funky hardware, but in the days of LLMs that can coach you through issues it's more accessible than it's ever been.

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My Steam profile is apparently 30% platinum, 21% gold, 10% varying levels of broken, 39% unrated.

But Genshin Impact, one of my main games, doesn't even appear on ProtonDB, and as far as I heard you need a custom Linux launcher for it, that results in occasional banwaves, which I will not risk :/ (Edit: if ProtonDB only lists Steam games, that would explain why Genshin is missing.)

[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nvidia GPUs are not good in Linux at the moment. And yeah all what you said. But i had tried Linux for gaming like something 5-8 years ago, and the situation is so much better now.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nvidia GPUs are not good in Linux at the moment

They've been perfectly fine for years. And now they've never been better for desktop DEs.

[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

When I say they’re 'not good,' I mean they run slower. AMD and Intel GPUs perform nearly as well as they do on Windows, but Nvidia GPUs can suffer up to a 20% performance loss on Linux, depending on the game.