The worst thing about PC gaming is....
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Doctor Hades
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Worst thing about PC gaming is absolutely the price of hardware, graphics cards in particular.
Bought my current PC in December 2022 with an i5-13600KF and 32 GB of DDR4 3600 memory. At that time I had a RTX 3080 which I replaced with a RTX 4080 in January 2023 and that is the build I am still using now. I've added additional NVMe drives and so on as well as replaced my 27" ASUS IPS monitor with a 27" Dell QD-OLED one but not touched the hardware otherwise. To be honest, my system still plays every game I've bought at 90-120 fps plus I use G-SYNC and frame gen to push framerates up to 360 fps on my monitor, which is nice for less demanding, older games (it is a 360 Hz display).
Not feeling any need to upgrade my GPU either, thankfully, and for me 1440p is the sweet spot for gaming, offering great image at maxed out settings. I've always felt that 4K gaming was overrated personally as the additional expense needed to run games well at that resolution means buying a £1,500-£2,500 GPU or reducing the settings, which negates the whole point of playing games on PC in my opinion. And most games running on 4K displays are not actually running at 4K anyway but upscaled from resolutions as low as 1080p.
I do play games on my PS5 Pro at 4K on my 55" LG OLED TV but, honestly, I think the image quality for games looks far better on PC games on my 1440p monitor, especially as I have access to DLSS and what I typically use for the majority of my games: DLAA. That's even taking into account that I am sat much further away from my 55" TV than I am my 27" monitor.
Dreading buying my next PC though as I would just how much I would to need to pay for a decent build. My last PC had a budget of £2,000 and that was without the GPU which I salvaged from my old PC. NVIDIA seem content to just keep pushing up the prices of their already overpriced GPUs and AMD are simply too far behind to even be a consideration in terms of upscaling APIs and performance. My next build will definitely be based on an AMD X3D CPU though. Hopefully, I will not need to upgrade anything until the next gen Xbox and PS6 arrive in a few years time.
Bought my current PC in December 2022 with an i5-13600KF and 32 GB of DDR4 3600 memory. At that time I had a RTX 3080 which I replaced with a RTX 4080 in January 2023 and that is the build I am still using now. I've added additional NVMe drives and so on as well as replaced my 27" ASUS IPS monitor with a 27" Dell QD-OLED one but not touched the hardware otherwise. To be honest, my system still plays every game I've bought at 90-120 fps plus I use G-SYNC and frame gen to push framerates up to 360 fps on my monitor, which is nice for less demanding, older games (it is a 360 Hz display).
Not feeling any need to upgrade my GPU either, thankfully, and for me 1440p is the sweet spot for gaming, offering great image at maxed out settings. I've always felt that 4K gaming was overrated personally as the additional expense needed to run games well at that resolution means buying a £1,500-£2,500 GPU or reducing the settings, which negates the whole point of playing games on PC in my opinion. And most games running on 4K displays are not actually running at 4K anyway but upscaled from resolutions as low as 1080p.
I do play games on my PS5 Pro at 4K on my 55" LG OLED TV but, honestly, I think the image quality for games looks far better on PC games on my 1440p monitor, especially as I have access to DLSS and what I typically use for the majority of my games: DLAA. That's even taking into account that I am sat much further away from my 55" TV than I am my 27" monitor.
Dreading buying my next PC though as I would just how much I would to need to pay for a decent build. My last PC had a budget of £2,000 and that was without the GPU which I salvaged from my old PC. NVIDIA seem content to just keep pushing up the prices of their already overpriced GPUs and AMD are simply too far behind to even be a consideration in terms of upscaling APIs and performance. My next build will definitely be based on an AMD X3D CPU though. Hopefully, I will not need to upgrade anything until the next gen Xbox and PS6 arrive in a few years time.
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ResilientBanana
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You are being brazenly aggressive against facts which is like being mad at science for telling the truth. No one is sucking corporate cock or defending Microsoft's shitty practices here, it's just a logical argument that you are taking to the next level with insults.
While the things you don't like, are literally the same things we don't like about Windows OS, which is about to horrifically become agentic. there is the simple fact that games run 5%-20% better on Windows than on Linux which makes it difficult to switch to Linux when your primary focus is gaming. This is exacerbated when wanting to play newer games which is unfortunate. If you can find data that proves otherwise, please present it.
With Windows, advanced users spend as much time disabling features as Linux users do enabling them.
As far as RAM usage is concerned, it's not typically how much RAM is being used at idle as much as it's how the system uses the RAM while functioning. When I turn my PC on I don't just stare at it. CachyOS uses around 2GB idle out of the box but many users claim 2-6GB while it's functioning and there have been bugs which take it to 32GB of RAM usage. Nothing is perfect it seems. Anyway Bazzite is 2-6GB also.
The reason I know this information is because I've been considering moving to Linux and it doesn't make sense for my use case, which is gaming. Sometimes I use other applications, but lately it's only gaming.
Below is a link for a debloated Windows ISO. I've never used it but it seemed interesting.
An optimized modification of Windows, designed for gamers.
We designed Atlas to maximize performance and minimize latency. Experience higher framerates and lower latency compared to stock, slow Windows.
atlasos.net
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Dorfdad
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Yeah I use that also, however there are a ton of things that require pulling out my keyboard and typing / navigation for windows apps etc.. just not a smooth experience for controllers. Stream big picture is ok but the lack of customization size of icons etc is a pita. Though reducing text size does help shrink the game banners at the expense of my eyes!
phant0m
Member
Here you go:
Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average
Computers, hardware, software and gaming in Spanish and English
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Windows vs Linux gaming benchmarks, by me
I went for the most simple benchmark runs I could do in order to achieve a general idea of how much a difference in performance (CPU) there is between Linux and Windows. I tested three games, two of which I play quite often. FFXIV, Baldur's Gate 3, and Cyberpunk 2077. For all three games, I...
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Linux vs Windows Gaming Benchmarks: Fedora 40 Scores Surprising Wins
The conversation around gaming on Linux sure has changed in the last few years. And these benchmark results prove it.
www.forbes.com
I suggest you stop 'considering' and just do it. Dual-boot if you really need to, but I've been gaming on linux exclusively for the last year and as long as you don't play games w/ kernel anti-cheat it's been fantastic.
Here's what I've played on Bazzite this year, great performance/no issues (5800X3D / RX 7900XT):
- KCD2
- Avowed
- Tainted Grail
- Black Myth Wukong
- Doom TDA
- Borderlands 4
- Ninja Gaiden II Black
- Oblivion Remake
- Dune Awakening
- AC Shadows
- Dying Light: Beast
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ResilientBanana
Member
Here you go:
Linux vs Windows tested in 10 games - Linux 17% faster on Average
Computers, hardware, software and gaming in Spanish and English
Windows vs Linux gaming benchmarks, by me
I went for the most simple benchmark runs I could do in order to achieve a general idea of how much a difference in performance (CPU) there is between Linux and Windows. I tested three games, two of which I play quite often. FFXIV, Baldur's Gate 3, and Cyberpunk 2077. For all three games, I...
Linux vs Windows Gaming Benchmarks: Fedora 40 Scores Surprising Wins
The conversation around gaming on Linux sure has changed in the last few years. And these benchmark results prove it.
I suggest you stop 'considering' and just do it. Dual-boot if you really need to, but I've been gaming on linux exclusively for the last year and as long as you don't play games w/ kernel anti-cheat it's been fantastic.
Here's what I've played on Bazzite this year, great performance/no issues (5800X3D / RX 7900XT):
- KCD2
- Avowed
- Tainted Grail
- Black Myth Wukong
- Doom TDA
- Borderlands 4
- Ninja Gaiden II Black
- Oblivion Remake
- Dune Awakening
- AC Shadows
- Dying Light: Beast
He mentioned right at the beginning this works with a lot of games except games that require anti-cheat. I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.