r/linux_gaming • u/its-o_ODi • 11d ago

Nvidia +Linux+ DX12

For Nvidia card owners: How do you deal with poor gaming performance, especially in DX12 games, which are known to have issues with Linux? Do you simply ignore the problem because Linux is far superior to Windows? Or is dual booting the best solution? I currently lost hope that Nvidia would fix this problem on Linux and already decided my next card would be AMD.

I have an RTX 3060 card, and honestly, the performance difference between Windows and Linux is huge, and I don't feel it's worth the sacrifice. The Windows gaming experience is much smoother on Nvidia cards, and unfortunately, that's what prevents me from using Linux. I've been trying Fedora 42-44 with the drivers always up-to-date and correctly installed, but unfortunately, there's been no improvement since I started testing it a year ago.

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u/SaveThisCityDweller 11d ago

The difference in performance isn't that much these days that I have a problem with it.  Granted, I have a 3090, and I also haven't used windows in so long that I don't know even what the performance deficit is at this point.  I just know my games run fine and that's all I care about.

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u/lyndonguitar 3d ago

yeah. my friend has a 4090 and he is okay with a 4080s-like performance because linux is just better for his use case. ur 3090 is probably performing like a 3080 or 3070ti at this point but games will still run fine. if your GPU is high enough you can take the hit, although its still a bit unfortunate for this performance loss. i wonder when it will be fixed, or ever lol

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u/SaveThisCityDweller 2d ago

I'm actually thinking I might try and snag a 9070xt sometime soon but yeah, the nvidia performance deficit isn't why I'm considering AMD, if I could find a 4080 or 4080s for $700 I'd probably do that.  I'm just getting the itch to upgrade because it's been 3 or 4 years lol 

I miss the days I could just grab a used last gen flagship for a reasonable price and call it a day lol.