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PC Gamers Abandoning Windows 11 for Linux with Higher FPS & Fewer Interruptions (www.geeky-gadgets.com)

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[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I switched to Linux full time almost two years ago when Win 10 started saying my CPU wasn't supported. My CPU is in the i7 family and I think they all got that treatment. Since then I've had no major issues with Linux Mint. As for gaming, I do get some frame drops with my Nvidia 3060, but I was getting the same on Windows.

[-] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

For what it's worth, the "i7" branding isn't a family, but a tier representation.

So basically it goes like:

i3 = basic

i5 = midrange

i7 = high end

i9 = top end

The first i7s released way back in 2010, so some older i7 chips are not supported by Windows 11 while newer ones (2018 and onwards) are.

But yeah, use Linux :)

[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

i've just installed cachy, yesterday. been working fine so far. I can even double click to install .exe files, but.. it didn't handle installing battle.net that well, so... i had to do it manually, but that worked fine.

So far no issues. Fast, and easy. even more customizable out of the box, than windows.

if you haven't tried it, i highly recommend you give it a go. it's free.

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[-] Enzy@feddit.nu 5 points 3 months ago

I'd love to roll back to Linux but my GPU and the drivers don't get along very well.

[-] Tingle@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

I have a 3080 and run Mint without any real issues, what sort of problems have you found come up?

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[-] Thteven@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Which GPU do you have? There are plenty of distros that work just fine with Nvidia.

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