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    Who played on linux before proton? (lemmy.world)
    submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    One would think that, but I've seen many claims that it actually runs faster. I wouldn't know personally, I haven't used Windows in 5 years

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

    So from my experience, I replaced my 8+ year old omen laptop with an MSI 3 years ago then installed garuda on the omen. Tested some games on each and the performance was similar until graphics were set to ultra just dye to the hardware difference. Before installing linux that laptop performance was struggling, so it really breathed life back into it and made it viable again. Hell my wife uses it to play stardew valley now and I used it to play ffxiv a few times.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Maybe it's a case of less bloat in Linux over Windows?

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    The translation is more like a reimplementation, and sometimes that reimplementation is faster than native. But it's also because the Linux kernel is faster in some areas, and typically more memory efficient too.

    And it's partly also the quality of GPU drivers, especially in the case of AMD (although they have been getting better on the Windows side in recent years).