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Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Windows 11 (www.forbes.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently spent some time with the Framework 13 laptop, evaluating it with the new Intel Core Ultra 7 processor and the AMD Ryzen 7 7480U. It felt like the perfect opportunity to test how a handful of games ran on Windows 11 and Fedora 40. I was genuinely surprised by the results!

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The Framework 13 is perfectly capable of gaming even with its integrated graphics, provided you’re willing to compromise by lowering the resolution and quality presets for more demanding games. (It’s also a testament to how far AMD’s APUs have come in the past decade.)

Summary of results:

Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Linux wins
Total War: Warhammer III: Windows wins
Cyberpunk 2077: Linux wins
Forza Horizon 5: Windows wins

These results are an interesting slice of the Linux vs Windows gaming picture, but certainly not representative of the entire landscape. A few shorts years ago, however, I never would have dreamed I’d be writing an article where even two games on Linux are outperforming their Windows counterparts.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's just easier to get old windows games running on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For some reason I just can't get warcraft 3 and StarCraft 1 running through wine

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Try Bottles! Available as flatpak so as long as you don'y have hate for flatpak, Bottles is there. All the normal flatpak benefit + a pretty great UI.

Not sure to WC3 suppose to run, but SC1 I owned on Bnet and I can tell, it works well with just a standard b.net install button in Bottles. SC2, HotS, D2R, D3 and so on I own run just fine, and fast too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I've tried lutris before never heard about Bottles. I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

You can also check out Wargus for older Warcraft games