Is Linux an option for gamers? The end of Windows 10 support along with artificially introduced system requirements for Windows 11 has put millions of Windows 10 users – Dell says 500 million – between a rock and a hard place.
Continue using Windows 10 and a, often, perfectly fine device? Bypass system requirements to upgrade to Windows 11? Buy a new PC? Or, switch to Linux? These are the four main options that users have.
For gamers, one of the most important questions is whether their games will run on Linux and how well they will run. Valve has done a tremendous amount of work over the past few years to improve gaming on Linux, but is it even enough on systems that don’t use SteamOS?
Steve Burke of YouTube channel Gamer Nexus conducted the same test. The channel’s operators wanted to know whether Linux is still a complex system that is not suitable for gaming, or whether gamers might make the switch and be very happy with that decision.
Key Details:
- games: Seven games were tested, including Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Resident Evil 4, Black Myth Wukong, and Resident Evil 4.
- linux system: Powered by Bazzite Linux on systems with Nvidia RTX 5070, 5080 and 5090 video cards, as well as Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT video cards.
bazite is a Fedora-based distribution that is specifically branded as a distribution for gamers.
Result: Gaming on Linux works better than ever before and it should be fine for many gamers, especially those with AMD systems. It still requires some effort and has some issues. Some games do not work because anti-cheat components are not supported. Nvidia performed better FPS-wise, but AMD systems seemed more stable.
Other findings:
- Spotty support for ray tracing titles. Some work, some don’t, some crash.
- Nvidia sometimes has stuttering.
- Long initial shader cache, often 30+ minutes for a game.
Linux gaming is getting to the point where it is as good an option as Windows for many gamers. There are still some issues to be resolved, but things are getting better all the time.
here is the video
Now it’s your turn: Which operating system is currently your favorite? Have you switched to Linux and also play games on Linux PC? Or is there something stopping you from making the switch? Feel free to leave a comment below.
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