Red Dead Redemption 2's PC version can run faster on Linux with Radeon hardware
Linux gaming is evolving at a rapid rate
Published: 18th June 2020 | Source: Flightless Mango |
Red Dead Redemption 2's PC version can run faster on Linux with Radeon hardware
When it comes to Linux VS Windows benchmarking, the YouTube channel Flightless Mango is one that is well worth following. In the channel's latest video, the performance of Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption II is compared across Windows and Linux, with Linux being split between three sets of custom Radeon drivers.
At 1080p, using a system which utilised an Intel i7-8700K, 16GB of 3200MHz DDR4 memory and a Radeon RX Vega 56, Red Dead Redemption 2 was found to run faster using Vulkan, albeit marginally.
In the chart below, we can see that all Vulkan versions of Red Dead Redemption 2 were able to run at higher framerates than the game's DirectX 12 version on Windows, but what's shocking is that Linux was also able to provide higher average framerates than Red Dead Redemption 2 Vulkan version on Windows. This gave Linux a 2-5 FPS advantage depending on the drivers used.
While these performance advantages are minor, this is a clear sign that Windows game support on Linux is in a strong enough state to be worth considering. Linux will not offer stronger performance in all titles, the performance levels offered by Linux PC is often close enough to their Windows counterparts to be worth ignoring. It is also worth knowing that Nvidia graphics hardware runs worse in Linux under all tested use cases.
Linux has become a lot more viable as a gaming platform in recent years, so much so that we would now call it a viable gaming OS. In most cases, PC gamers can play new Windows games through Linux on day-1, and that factor can only make Linux a stronger gaming platform in the years to come.
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On the desktop though, it's a bit of a different story. Gaming has always been finicky, and you often lack software to do certain tasks.
I did use Linux (OpenSUSE, Ubuntu a few other distros and finally Debian) as my daily driver on the desktop until about 2013 but I moved away from it on the desktop mainly because of the lack of games. I tried running stuff in Wine before, but I found it very hit or miss.
If there were more 100% native Linux games I'd consider moving back to it though.Quote
Many games work 100% and some even faster. It's just not enough for me yet personally. I want the OS experience to get a little better but that's just me.Quote
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