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On Linux native vulkan games actually beat windows with nvdia gpu (ignore the cat pic, pictures comparison in body of the post) (lemmy.ca)
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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

how does anything handle raytracing? I watched a friend with a 5090 show off his bullshit money rig and maybe it was a 4k monitor or something, I didn't check, but it wasn't performant enough to impress me at that price range. Its probably also lack of optimization and nobody ever leaving the default unreal engine visuals.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Just living in an alternate reality here.

My 4090 handles cyberpunk 4k with path tracing at 120+ FPS.

Linux is objectively inferior when it comes to high fidelity gaming and it very clearly triggers some linux nerds.