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On Linux native vulkan games actually beat windows with nvdia gpu (ignore the cat pic, pictures comparison in body of the post) (lemmy.ca)
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[–] Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

How much did you do to optimize on both systems beyond the in-game settings?

Most Linux benchmarks I see have a completely stripped down version of Linux and a bloated version of Windows with tons of running background services just to get similar performance.

And those stutters are a much bigger problem than the 6fps gain.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

bloated version of Windows

So Windows