In a not-so-scientific benchmark conducted by YouTuber Cyber Dopamine, the Rog Xbox Ally managed to perform better without Windows, the operating system it ships with out of the box. Cyber installed Bazzite, a popular Linux distro for handhelds built specifically to offer that console-esque, seamless experience. Visually, Bazzite looks identical to SteamOS because it uses Steam’s Big Picture Mode as its main launcher. It also behaves similarly, but has its own custom menus and settings for customizing things like power profiles (which override Asus’ built-in ones).
When testing Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Cyber noticed a shockingly significant jump in FPS, with Linux generating ~32% more FPS compared to Windows. This trend follows at lower wattages, albeit with less noticeable differences, and the delta actually plateaus in Hogwarts Legacy to the point that both Bazzite and the Xbox FSE offer the same FPS at 13W. That being said, those frame rates are much more consistent on Linux, according to Cyber, who shows that the FPS graph on Windows fluctuates regularly, while staying mostly flat on Bazzite.
This was a genuine concern to me before my switch. I game a lot and this was a main thing keeping me back.
I eventually decided, well I’ll at least dual boot and can just switch to Windows if I want to play a game there.
But that kinda turned out to be a pain in the ass. Things like Bluetooth devices would need to be switched each time (I know there are ways around this, don’t @ me), and more.
So… I just stopped using Windows to avoid that annoyance. And it turns out I don’t miss the games I could only play on Windows that much, because I haven’t booted into Windows in months. I’m fact I’m not really sure why I still have the partition.
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That’s awesome. I’m almost ready to switch to Linux, but I hop around to many different games and not all run on Linux.
Don’t look back. Those games are dead to you now
i stopped dual booting many many years ago with destiny 2. I killed it. Never looked back thank goodness and never got tempted again
Unironically, yes. Keep the kernel-level anti-cheat shit off my computer.
^this It’s mostly kernel level AC and super ancient stuff that doesn’t run. I play the former on console (if any), and the latter can be emulated
GOG is doing wonders for the later as well. Just recently enjoyed a run of Breath of Fire IV. :)
The only one I have run into that doesn’t work is pubg. What are you trying to run?
This was a genuine concern to me before my switch. I game a lot and this was a main thing keeping me back.
I eventually decided, well I’ll at least dual boot and can just switch to Windows if I want to play a game there.
But that kinda turned out to be a pain in the ass. Things like Bluetooth devices would need to be switched each time (I know there are ways around this, don’t @ me), and more.
So… I just stopped using Windows to avoid that annoyance. And it turns out I don’t miss the games I could only play on Windows that much, because I haven’t booted into Windows in months. I’m fact I’m not really sure why I still have the partition.
Tl:dr just do it.
You shouldn’t be playing any game that requires kernel level access to your PC.
Do you trust every employee at EA, Riot, Activision with your credit card details, social security number, bank accounts, home address, etc.?
Because that’s what kernel level access grants them, and more.
On top of that, a hacker could potentially exploit it to gain access too.
It’s not a theoretical situation :)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-abuse-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-system-to-disable-antivirus/