QuestyI have an Nvidia GPU, can I game on Linux?
Zen_ShinobiYup
Nvidia has come a long way the past 10-15 years for Linux, just don’t tell AMD fanboys that.
MazonnaCara89As a 1060 owner I’m gonna tell you this is probably the case only for newer gpus!
Captain AggravatedI gamed on Linux with a 1080 for a few years there and it was alright, I have gone AMD though just so I don’t have to bother.
I have been using linux with a 1060 for 4 years almost 5, and it isn’t that bad now, tho you need to make a lot of compromise!
At the beginning I experiencing a lot of graphical glitches! Like screen flipping when using an app that used a lot of gpu power or app going black after doing soo!
To this day on that pc I still experience black bars on the sides of apps and as even stated by doitsujin (dxvk creator):
Low D3D12 performance on Nvidia Pascal (and older) GPUs is expected and likely won’t improve much. The hardware has a bunch of limitations that make it very hard to extract good performance. Turing fares better, but only AMD actually runs reasonably well right now.
Source: github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/…/465#i…
And all of this on xorg to be clear! On the other hand I have an amd laptop with an igpu where I can safely say my experience was almost flawless!
I cannot report anything of the sort out of a GTX-1080. Using Linux Mint, X11 and the proprietary drivers handled by Mint’s driver manager, I got reliable service in video editing, CAD and gaming. I will note, my main computer is now a Radeon system running Wayland.