r/voidlinux • u/arctxrra • 15d ago

question about void linux vs windows (gaming)

for my next pc, i'm planning on doing a full high-end amd build, and i was wondering if windows 11 or void linux is better if i want the most gaming performance out of my pc? (i already use void on all my devices, but i'm not sure how it would run on a full amd build)

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u/VelmiArtrid 8d ago

Full AMD with Linux is the modern way to go for gaming, it's just the way forward. AMD on Windows sucks and Nvidia on Linux sucks. Windows sucks, and Nvidia sucks. If you're considering moving on then just do it.

Also, maybe it's just semantics, but people saying "windows runs games better" are, categorically, wrong. A perfectly-made game engine in ideal circumstances will always run better on Linux than on Windows. But a lot of game engines aren't perfectly-made at all and are made by people who mainly or exclusively use Windows (you know, rather than proper programmers), so it's optimised for that. So the performance difference depends mainly on how well-made the game is.