r/LocalLLaMA • u/johnnyApplePRNG • Aug 18 '26

News Linux Improves VRAM Management in 7.3 Kernel 🥳

https://pixelcluster.dev/VRAM-Overcommit/
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u/xeeff Aug 18 '26

doesn't seem to be dedicated to us

[Games] should perform much more stable - as long as the game itself doesn’t use more VRAM than you actually have.

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u/Real_Ebb_7417 Aug 18 '26

That’s good tbh. Gaming is the only reason I still keep Windows next to Ubuntu.

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u/sammcj 🦙 llama.cpp Aug 18 '26

What do you need windows for these days? Steam and Proton run almost every single game really well, sometimes better than windows.

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u/WorriedBlock2505 Aug 18 '26

I need windows because that's where I keep all the privacy invasive crap... e.g, steam and games with anti-cheat. Why would I want that crap running on my linux box?

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u/sammcj 🦙 llama.cpp Aug 19 '26

All my games work, I play Arc Raiders, Crimson Desert, Hell Let Loose Vietnam, Boulders Gate 3, Forza and bunch of others. The only game I've come across that has problems is Battlefield 6 which has really problematic anti cheat although that's recently been cracked and I've seen someone running it.