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Windows 11 scores dead last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] RickyWars@lemmy.ca 171 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Cool that average FPS is better but:

The impressive FPS deltas aside, it should be mentioned that, with the exception of Arch Linux, average frame times (measured as 1% lows, in this case) on Linux were generally behind what Windows managed by up to 20%

I feel like worse 1% lows makes this title misleading. Hopefully with time this gap will close.

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)

1 % lows are likely a driver thing (Nvidia calls it "Game Ready Drivers"), with Arch you'll get new drivers (or kernel versions) much earlier, similar to Windows.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

... Then why did they get the results that they did in the article?

[–] averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 11 months ago

The article specifies arch as an exception to that