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Windows 11 vs Linux on 8GB RAM – Who Wins? (www.youtube.com)
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[–] oce@jlai.lu 51 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

For those curious about which distribution because Linux alone does not mean much, from the description:

Windows 11 vs CachyOS gaming benchmark on 8GB RAM + RX 6650 XT

📽️ Captured with Elgato HD60 X (no FPS loss)

🖥️ Test Bench:
○ CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X (Stock)
○ MB: GIGABYTE X570 AUROS ELITE
○ RAM: 1x8GB DDR4 3600MHz CL14
○ Cooler: HYPER 212 AIR COOLER
○ NVMe: 120GB NVME, 2TB NVME
○ PSU: Corsair RM1000X
○ OS: CachyOS

○ GPU 1: GIGABYTE RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 GAMING OC
○ Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1 / MESA 26.0.5

Timestamps:
00:00 The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered
00:53 DOOM: The Dark Ages
01:42 Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
02:29 Resident Evil: Requiem
03:17 Death Stranding 2 PC
04:03 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
04:50 Alan Wake 2
05:37 Red Dead Redemption 2
06:26 Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
07:14 Windows 11 Configuration
07:35 CachyOS Configuration