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Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11 (www.forbes.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently spent some time with the Framework 13 laptop, evaluating it with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and the AMD Ryzen 7 7480U. It felt like the perfect opportunity to test how a handful of games ran on Windows 11 and Fedora 40. I was genuinely surprised by the results!

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The Framework 13 is perfectly capable of gaming even with its integrated graphics, provided you’re willing to compromise by lowering the resolution and quality presets for more demanding games. (It’s also a testament to how far AMD’s APUs have come in the past decade.)

Summary of results:

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Linux wins
Total War: Warhammer III: Windows wins
Cyberpunk 2077: Linux wins
Forza Horizon 5: Windows wins

These results are an interesting slice of the Linux vs Windows gaming picture, but certainly not representative of the entire landscape. A few shorts years ago, however, I never would have dreamed I’d be writing an article where even two games on Linux are outperforming their Windows counterparts.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

WoW has been running well on Linux since before Proton existed. Here's the WineHQ application page for it: https://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=1922

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, blizzard games have pretty much always worked for me on Linux, they were among the first games to "just work" on Linux without a lot of hassle for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I remember Overwatch was one of the first DirectX 11 games to run really well when DXVK was new too.