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Gaming on Linux is great! (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 3 months ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I know, lame post, but I wanted to say that Linux gaming has gotten soooo much better, to the point that I honestly think my games are running better than on Windows. I've played so many games, but notable ones are Halo: MCC, MS Flight Sim 2020, Satisfactory, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and right now I'm starting a full playthrough of Dragon Age.

Dragon Age is notorious even on Windows for being a pain because it's such an old game. You have to install the 4gb patch, and even then it's a bit rocky. Not on Linux though! I did have to install PhysX but I googled it and saw it was 2 buttons to install on Linux! Now it's been rock solid and stable, with no crashes.

Linux gaming may have a high bar to learn, but that bar is constantly getting lower! Exciting times!

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[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Do you have an AMD or Nvidia? Because I've heard that even though it's gotten better in the last year, Nvidias are still evidently a pain in the ASS on pretty much any Linux distro.

[-] LifeCoffeeGaming@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm on a 3060 on popOS and I've literally had one driver issue I had to rollback in the year I've been daily driving it.

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago

I tried a few other distros, and popos just works. The only minor issue I've had is after days of playing some games, it will start to freeze up for a second or two every second or two. If I log out and in, it's fine again for a while.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

I have an Nvidia card and it's going great. I don't know what people with trouble are doing to encounter problems because I've been using nothing but Nvidia cards since the early 2000s with Linux and I've never had issues.

[-] Enragedzeus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I’m running the latest Fedora on plasma with a 4080. My only issue is the main screen on steam looks like white noise from a tv in 1990, outside of that though I have had no issues

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've had a 1070, 3060 and now 4080 on the same install. No problems here expect when the 3060 malfunctioned - replicated with windows. Some distros though can be nvidia horror stories because they don't ship updates fast enough, I use arch nvidia-dkms btw

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 3 months ago

Only issue I've had beyond installing drivers is steam big picture. Gamescope does not play nice with Nvidia, everything else is great

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