I hope everyone is well! I have seen some news that Nvida and Steam seems to be more and more friendly to the Linux community…
This got me thinking that I would actually love building a gaming PC with maybe POP OS on it. (This would only be for gaming nothing else really).
I got few questions about gaming on Linux tho… I was glad to see that Steam is fully available on it but I don’t want to make any mistake on the choice of graphic card and compatibility…
I would love to get a Nvida card as the performance seems to be a lot better than AMD but are Nvida card compatible with Linux yet?
I only play one game atm and it’s call of duty warzone DMZ… Their is any chance to be able to run the game at 1080P on 160 fps?! I would love to know if anyone has done that and check what card/processor they are running…
Well…This is what I found with a quick search of ProtonDB…
So, as far as a system…I’m running:
System Details Report
Report details
Hardware Information:
Hardware Model: ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-H GAMING WIFI
Memory: 32.0 GiB
Processor: 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF × 16
Graphics: Intel® Graphics (BMG G21)
Disk Capacity: 5.0 TB
That runs anything I’ve thrown at it…I’m really liking the Intel B580…nice cost & I don’t like Nvidia’s drivers much…so having a driver that is included in the kernel really works for me.
Thank for the answer I was checking the FPS look like you can get around 130 fps on the card you are running. Have you ever give a go to SteamOS? Look quiet good for gaming only!
I was also looking at this card AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT that also seems very good for COD!
Thank for the link great information!
I’ve thought about SteamOS. I’ve got enough drive space that I could just install it. I’m thinking that Intel will be releasing a B770 sometime later this year, and I would upgrade as soon as it comes out.
As far as the RX7800XT…the VRam gain is nice over what I’ve got…much better choice over Nvidia…that would be a better way to go.
I’m actually looking deeper into this and yes you are right it’s impossible right now to play call of duty warzone on Linux yet but…
Steam OS 3 could actually be the solution of all the problem that Linux experience with gaming really.
Valve seems to do god’s work by literally trying to leaving windows! Nvida also seems like to agreed to let valve using their drivers… Even Lenovo legion is now running with SteamOS… Great news all around!
If everyone is interested here is a great video about the subject!
I really doubt Valve will make game companies and anti cheat providers consider Linux as a viable gaming platform, even with the Steam Deck and similar devices being on the market. Linux still has the stigma of being an OS for the more technically inclined individual, the devices which SteamOS 3 was made for (portable devices and home theater PCs) aren’t really suited for competitive gaming and anti cheat providers will have to write drivers and interface with the kernel, which means money and time spent on that, instead of improving the cheats on Windows.
It’s actually sad because the only issue is really the anti cheat!
I don’t agree with the competitive gaming most of the game actually run higher fps on Linux than windows but this is not surprise I guess…
Saying that I don’t see any anti cheat that is working on Linux particularly the big titles like COD Fortnite etc…
Such a bummer that microsoft has pretty much 98% of the market when it comes to gaming pc!
From the benchmarks around the internet I’ve seen, it only gets close to Windows performance, with some games that manage to do better and some that manage to do worse than Windows.
Okay so I did again some research with my spare time and some facts make 0 sense with the anti cheat… I agree with you on spending money and time for developer to get the anti cheat working on Steam OS or even Linux in general but… Playstation OS is an interesting one because the ps4 is running pretty much Linux and the anti cheat works…
Now for the Xbox, it’s becoming interesting Xbox has only sold 30 Millions units. But last year only 3M were sold… That pretty much the same as the Steam Deck (3 millions sold in total tho) Now lenovo legion go S is coming with steam OS ship by default… And it’s pretty cool to see that big brand is interested in Linux base OS.
Like come on they won’t make the anti cheat working on those Linux system? They pretty much sell as much as the Xbox last year!
Anyway would be great to see some competition and finally see Linux gaming base system. Imagine a PC only made for gaming. Absolute dream.
A Xbox or a PlayStation are much more locked down compared to a Linux console-like device like the Steam Deck or the Legion Go. You can’t add cheats as easily as on PC. In fact, I would venture to say that you simply can’t add cheats on console, period.
Besides that, both of those consoles have a large user base and enough staying power on the gaming market to merit porting the games on those platforms. Heck, both of those consoles, despite how much they sell, are known for gaming to people outside of this culture! Plus, the fact that the consoles are locked down means that they probably don’t even need to add the fancy anti-cheat solution, so the OS here doesn’t even matter.
Valve tried to do something called Steam Machines, which were basically that: Linux based PCs, specifically for gaming, giving a console like experience with mostly commodity hardware. This happened around 2013-2014 and it failed because Linux wasn’t mature enough for gaming at that time.
Things have changed, however. You can build one yourself by simply building a PC or getting an office PC with a decent CPU and putting a decent GPU in it, and installing something like Bazzite or even just Debian, with Steam installed as a Flatpak and made to auto-start in Big Picture mode. You can have a script to auto-update the OS and the Flatpaks once a month and you are good to go.
