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I remember back in the day, running Quake3 on linux provided better FPS than on windows. I haven't compared the two since then on any game.
Is it still the case? And is this difference (mostly) there in other games too?
On AMD, it’s not uncommon for games to perform better than on Windows.
For Nvidia, games almost always perform worse than on Windows.
Your nvidia information might be outdated since driver version 560.x. And I'm getting tired of the anti nvidia circlejerk in the Linux communities on lemmy.
At least Shadow of the Tomb Raider (+20fps) and Cyberpunk (+5fps) run better than they did on windows with the same settings, for me. And those are the only games I tested, because they are the only AAA titles I own that come with a performance test.
I'm not defending nvidia here, there are still issues like missing multi monitor vrr or a few (!) titles that are too broken to play. And it's not as much of an out of the box experience as it is with AMD.
But for most people that own an nvidia card it's probably already a good idea to make the switch from windows.
So, to anyone owning a nvidia card having doubts: feel free to try things out!
@jul @that_leaflet Outdated because of a lack of knowledge about driver that came out six months ago and still, to your own admission, has major bugs on everyday use compared to AMD? Doesn't change my opinion in the least.
My only issue with AMD on Linux has been wanting to use Stable Diffusion, and that's more due to the fact that it's hard to get it to work at all on Linux, no matter your GPU.