CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark
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Valve's new Linux VRAM fix almost triples framerates in some games on the 4GB Radeon RX 6500 XT
… Alan Wake II runs almost three times better on Linux using the booster It was done on a Radeon RX 6500 XT Over on NJ Tech's channel on YouTube , you can check out several benchmarks on a Radeon RX 6500 XT both before and after the fix was applied. …
Linux on the desktop isn't winning, but Linux on my handheld already has
… The benchmarks said so No comparison is ever truly honest without the performance side of the equation, and delightfully enough, it is one aspect where Linux pulls ahead of Windows decisively in the handheld territory. …
Linux is the only OS that respects your aging gaming hardware
… It's getting to the point where CachyOS is beginning to post better in-game benchmarks than Windows , which is crazy given the state Linux gaming was in 10-15 years ago. …
SteamOS scared Microsoft into making Windows less like Windows
… People could tap into their Steam library on a Linux distro, and all was good. And then Linux started winning. …
Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive
… As well, Call of Duty: Black Ops I is now actually playable on Linux, too. Those benchmarks compare Wine NTSYNC against upstream vanilla Wine, which means there's no fsync or esync either. …
Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
… The eye-catching 40 to 200 percent FPS gains cited in NTSYNC's original benchmarks were measured against unmodified upstream Wine, which almost nobody uses to play games on Linux anymore. Most Linux gamers, including every Steam Deck owner, use Proton, which already has fsync. …
CachyOS is dethroning Windows at the one thing it owned for decades
… At the time, gaming on Linux was down to either if the developer explicitly coded a Linux-compatible version or if Wine liked it. It felt like way too much hassle to game on Linux when Windows was right there. …
Windows is still the best OS for gaming, and these 4 things prove it
… DirectX 12 Ultimate and its native integration The ace up Microsoft's sleeve It's 2026, and Proton's translation overhead simply isn't the boogeyman it used to be on Linux. Recent benchmarks have already put that narrative to bed. …
CachyOS skipped the Open Gaming Collective, and gamers rewarded it by making it the top Linux distro on Steam
… In early March, a report indicated that CachyOS had become the most popular Linux distro on ProtonDB, a platforms that tracks Linux usage on Steam. …