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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] 1 points 2 months ago

Surprising?

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

I just wish many of the multiplayer games I play worked on Linux (invasive anti-cheat).

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

Slightly off-topic, but when I stopped playing multiplayer games with anti-cheats (competitive FPS mostly), I've got more time to explore more productive hobbies, and my mental health improved. Might be worth trying 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, could be worth a shot!

[+] [email protected] -16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ok cool now make a distro that handles my peripherals. Oh that's not happening? Ok, fuck linux.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I'm going to keep throwing exorbitant amount of many to companies that refuse to stop supporting Microsoft's monopoly, and then blame the OSS community for not doing their job for them. Look, I'm smart!"

Last I tried a keyboard and a mouse work just on every Linux distro out there. It's OK to bend over for companies over some stuff you're personally attached to (we all do it to some degree) but you can go fuck yourself with your offensive comments about distro maintainers, who have nothing to do with your problem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Driver support is down to the manufacturer. Distros can’t give you things that don’t exist.

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

Do you honestly think linux will be desktop ready if people can't just install it and go?

It doesn't matter who's fault it is, it only matters if a solution is forthcoming.

If the manufacturers don't make it, then one of you has to. But you are all too busy working on your fuckdamn vanity distros to actually unify and do something to forward the OS.

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

That changes nothing for the user, most of us aren't gonna write out own driver or convince a company to support something they have no interest in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong but I don't see what that has to do with my point, which was - don't blame distros for this. They can influence the conversation but not control it. If you find what you want isn't supported then pick something that supports most things like Ubuntu, or Nobara.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Fun fact: With those 4 games it looks like a tie, but weighed by Steam scores, Linux wins. (Warhammer has like 3/5).

(Disclaimer: I have never played any of those 4 games and don't plan to in a forseeable future. I also realize full well how ridiculously insignificant a sample of 4 is.)

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