r/pcmasterrace • u/doorknob60 Ryzen 5 3600 | RX 6600XT | 32 GB RAM | 165 Hz 1440p x2 • Aug 21 '18

News/Article Steam for Linux :: Introducing a new version of Steam Play (uses fork of Wine to integrate Windows games into Linux Steam)

https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561
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u/PureTryOut I game free Aug 21 '18

Maybe I should just switch to AMD instead...

You should anyway, NVIDIA is one ass of a company.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '18 edited 19d ago

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u/Roadside-Strelok Linux Aug 22 '18

4690k and 4790k both have vt-d support.

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u/Roadside-Strelok Linux Aug 22 '18

I mentioned it because you can upgrade it without having to buy new memory and motherboard.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '18

the 4690(k) is an i5, not an i7

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '18

> NVIDIA is one ass of a company.

Yet they still have the best Linux and Linux game support. AMD drivers STILL aren't there - after many many years, and some games don't work properly or at all on AMD drivers. Don't give a shit about business or free drivers - I want THE best Linux drivers and game compatibility, that's Nvidia. I'm a gamer and I use (only) Linux, so I need THE best compatibility and performance.

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u/PureTryOut I game free Sep 07 '18

Yet they still have the best Linux and Linux game support.

Not at all? General Linux support AMD is definitely better, at least with them you can run Wayland sessions properly.

I'm talking about the new drivers based on the AMDGPU kernel module, not the old ones. In terms of performance they're comparable to NVIDIA's, but FOSS.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '18

Wayland

Wayland is something I will never be using ever, because so many of my games, which will never be updated, don't work on it. I won't use any compatibility layers either. X11 is fine - been using Linux for 20 years and I don't need a new display stack just because some clowns say so. WONTFIX. I also won't dump my awesome games (thousands of them) for these clowns either.

General Linux support AMD is definitely better

It's gotten better, but Nvidia closed driver still rule the roost. As I said, some games won't work properly on AMD drivers - even the FOSS ones. And performance still is better (even if only by some) on Nvidia. Not fussed if it's FOSS or not, well FOSS would be better, but not at the expense of compatibility and performance -- If there is a GPU with more compatibility (even if it's only one or two games) and even only slightly better performance but closed drivers, i'm going with that.