• Derin@lemmy.beru.co
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      24 days ago

      I used to agree with this statement, but I’m no longer that sure.

      I built a new PC a week ago, installed windows first then Linux. The idea was that I needed Windows for gaming.

      Thought I’d try proton + Steam, regardless, just to see how it stacks up.

      No performance difference. HDR works through gamescope. The window manager of the DE isn’t insane and I can alt tab around my OS without problem.

      Pretty good stuff. Still have windows for work and Valorant, but otherwise I play all my games on Linux these days. The only part that’s lacking, in my opinion, is hot plugging controllers. Annoying that that doesn’t work.

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      24 days ago

      Actually it is 100% that simple, proton has fixed gaming on Linux.

      It doesn’t work for a few rare games that install a rootkit on your Windows PC, but that’s already silly and irresponsible of you to allow a game to do anyway, in my opinion.

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        24 days ago

        Nearly all the games i play run worse on linux than windows. Counterstrike, the finals, vrising. Im sure at least one of them dont have rootkit installed. Even got glorious egg proton profiles and still no luck.

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          24 days ago

          Counterstrike 2 is native to Linux, doesn’t use proton so should have 0 preforman impact

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            22 days ago

            Ill have to test counter strike 2 later today and see if its still runs poorly cause it could have been due to it being recently released when i tested CS2 out.

            Though just last night i was testing out the Finals and i noticed that the grqphics were significantly different from windows. In windows i had their polished texture and effects but in linux it was permanently foggy and the wall textures were super bad with shitty shadows.

            I tried replicating those textures and settings on windows but i wasnt able to. Im beginning to think the game is not using my graphics card.

            So in short; do you have any experience in this kind of issue with the graphics?