Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11

2 years ago by pnutzh4x0r to c/framework

The conversation around gaming on Linux sure has changed in the last few years. And these benchmark results prove it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1014937

I recently spent some time with the Framework 13 laptop, evaluating it with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and the AMD Ryzen 7 7480U. It felt like the perfect opportunity to test how a handful of games ran on Windows 11 and Fedora 40. I was genuinely surprised by the results!

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The Framework 13 is perfectly capable of gaming even with its integrated graphics, provided you’re willing to compromise by lowering the resolution and quality presets for more demanding games. (It’s also a testament to how far AMD’s APUs have come in the past decade.)

Summary of results:

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Linux wins
Total War: Warhammer III: Windows wins
Cyberpunk 2077: Linux wins
Forza Horizon 5: Windows wins

These results are an interesting slice of the Linux vs Windows gaming picture, but certainly not representative of the entire landscape. A few shorts years ago, however, I never would have dreamed I’d be writing an article where even two games on Linux are outperforming their Windows counterparts.

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muntedcrocodile 18 points 2 years ago

Is this the year of the linux desktop. I use qubes btw.

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paw 4 points 2 years ago

Every year is the year of the linux desktop. Always has been, always will be 😄

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Naz 3 points 2 years ago

It might be; I'm sitting on Windows 10 until the security expires then me and my entire "gaming" cohort are moving permanently onto Linux.

That's like.. 25 million people, at best.

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Unreliable 8 points 2 years ago

Bazzite for me, runs all my games basically 2x as good as Windows. A game that I'd run on low-med graphics and get around 60-70 fps on Windows I can usually run at med-high and get 100.

I7-5930k and an Rx5700 with a 3440x1440 resolution.

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Showroom7561 3 points 2 years ago

I tried Linux on my Framework 13, and couldn't get audio working. I gave up after that.

I really wish Linux wasn't such a PITA to get simple things working.

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BarHocker 10 points 2 years ago

I installed fedora and it just worked without modifications.

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Showroom7561 1 point 2 years ago

Of all the distros, I don't think I've ever tried Fedora. It's usually been Ubuntu, Mint, or some other Debian-derived distro.

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Unreliable 5 points 2 years ago

What distro? Framework compatibility should be pretty smooth iirc.

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Showroom7561 2 points 2 years ago

Ubuntu 24.x, because that's what I'm most familiar with, and it's one of the officially supported distros. Admittedly, this was from a Live USB, and not installed on my system.

On my Windows desktop, I had dual-boot with Linux (Ubuntu again), and it refused to work with my wifi card. I spent endless hours trying to get it working and just gave up.

This is almost unheard of for me with Windows. 99% of the hardware just works, and the other 1% often has a very simple driver installation process.

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vii 1 point 2 years ago

You need a distro with up to date kernel, for recent Intel laptops, and it will work out of the box.

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Showroom7561 1 point 2 years ago

Installed it on an external drive (Fedora 40) and everything is working, including the fingerprint scanner. Well, not everything. No adguard for linux, a steam game I play doesn't support linux, etc. But it is smooth and seems more refined than what I remember Ubuntu being. maybe I'll stick to Fedora when I have to use Linux :)

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mx_smith 2 points 2 years ago

Did you set it to Linux audio mode in the EFI. I think they have a big thing about this on their site within the Linux install directions. I run KDE Fedora on my Framework 16, and it’s smooth as butter.

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Showroom7561 2 points 2 years ago

I ran Fedora off a liveUSB and everything (except fingerprint) worked out of the box! It was so smooth that I may set it up on an external SSD and use it for a while. If it still works great after a few weeks/months, I may just install it as a dual boot or replace windows altogether.

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mx_smith 1 point 2 years ago

I haven’t got fingerprint working yet either, I originally tried Kubuntu, but it seemed to update and have weird screen glitching issues so I have a HD with Ventoy and installed KDE fedora and it was an easy install.

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Showroom7561 2 points 2 years ago

Got it working. It was the liveUSB.

When I actually install Fedora on an external drive, and boot it from there, the fingerprint scanner works. Everything system related seems to be working just fine.

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ArcaneSlime 1 point 2 years ago

FedoraKDE on my 16 too, I didn't set it to linux audio mode at first, still worked fine out of the proverbial box. Everything just worked as expected.

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