grueAug 13, 2025

Gaming on Linux hasn't been great so far... | JayzTwoCents [27:59]

https://lemmy.world/post/34371296

Gaming on Linux hasn't been great so far... | JayzTwoCents [27:59] - Lemmy.World

Follow-up video to https://lemmy.world/post/32690521 [https://lemmy.world/post/32690521] ---- Spoiler alert: the main reason he says the experience “hasn’t been great” is because shortly before posting the video his Linux install mysteriously broke and he had no idea why. Therefore, he recommended dual-booting Windows just in case. Cue sea of comments explaining that the reason for the error he was getting was that Windows screwed up his bootloader (i.e. the problem was caused by dual-booting to begin with, LOL).

Show threadgrueAug 13, 2025

The other two main TL;DWs are that:

  • He justifiably complained about PVP games having non-Linux-compatible kernel-level anti-cheat

  • His benchmark testing showed a big performance difference between Windows and Linux on his system, which has an AMD Radeon 7900 XTX. Being an admitted noob, he didn’t notice that it was an unusual discrepancy and figured that worse gaming performance in Linux was “real,” but a bunch of folks in the comments are telling him that RDNA 3 drivers have a known issue that means the card probably isn’t running at full power and tweaking the settings can probably fix it.

Show threadnoobdoomguy8658Aug 13, 2025

He justifiably complained about PVP games having non-Linux-compatible kernel-level anti-cheat.

I’m tired of people conflating gaming as a whole to extremely mainstream titles that fit into “online PVP with malware anti-cheat” such as Apex Legends, Valorant, and Battlefield, and then bashing Linux for “poor gaming experience”.

Their experience with titles they enjoy is very valid, as valid as any other, but it’s not the entirety of gaming and OS experience, at all. There’s tons of games that run extremely well on Linux, even out of the box, no tinkering required, both on Nvidia and AMD hardware.

Grrr.

Show threadBuddahriffic
Personally, I find the Linux incompatibility with games that want to do shit to the kernel a plus so I don’t accidentally install one without realizing it comes with malware.
Aug 13, 2025 at 9:14pmWeb