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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Some windows games running on proton beat native windows performance. So yes.

Here’s a recent benchmark.

Edit: here’s the AMD GPU version if that’s what you’re using: https://youtu.be/D45AknAsIPw

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Thank you, that's fantastic! I need an upgrade and am likely going to go AMD for CPU and GPU. I think my Microsoft days are coming to an end aha

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you do install Linux (I highly recommend) just know that in Steam, if you buy a game and your library page says "This game is not supported" and the install button is disabled, you just need to right-click on the game (in the left panel), go to Properties -> Compatibility, and set it to Proton Experimental (you can also play around with specific versions of Proton). 99% of my games work flawlessly (n.b. I don't play competitive online multiplayer any more, it's too sweaty and time-consuming for me these days). In fact I can't think of anything that didn't work. But check ProtonDB real quick before buying (although you can always refund if it doesn't run).

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

The trade-off of Linux vs. Windows means if your game doesn't run on Linux I won't buy it.

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