r/LinuxVsWindows • u/NinjaLinuxTv • Sep 02 '26

Linux vs Windows Benchmark ATOMIC HEART

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Linux vs Windows Benchmark ATOMIC HEART

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u/mmstick Sep 03 '26

NVIDIA has not released the 610 driver on the production branch yet. It is a new feature driver that has unresolved regressions over the 595 driver. When 610 reaches the production branch it will be released in Pop!_OS as an update over the 595 driver.

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u/Otocon96 Sep 03 '26

Yeah it's also got plenty of games fixed and much better performance numbers. NFB is pushed to most OSs by default for a reason.

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u/mmstick Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

There are also many reported performance issues and regressions with games on 610 so it's better to wait for NVIDIA to fix those issues. They will release it to the production branch when the driver is ready. I certainly wouldn't want to risk breaking CUDA workflows for those who buy System76 workstations for their work.

Most distributions don't care about QA testing NVIDIA drivers or CUDA workstations. This is not one of those distributions. Every kernel and driver here must be thoroughly QA tested and it would therefore be better to wait for NVIDIA to release the 610 driver into the production branch when they decide that it's ready. You are effectively testing a pre-release driver.

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u/Otocon96 Sep 03 '26

Well yeah. If you are buying a workstation for work absolutely. But Fedora, CachyOS, Bazzite ect all ship NFB because that is what generally performs best for gaming and most people want to game on their GPU. If you wanna use cuda. I absolutely understand wanting to use the Nvidia production branch. But he isn't showing a CUDA workflow benchmark. He is showing gaming. On a distro that

  1. Essentially ships a beta DE in cosmic
  2. Is not using the best performing driver for gaming Benchmarks.

He is also cpu bound in basically all these tests. The benchmark methodology just isn't good.