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Is it worth the trouble with an Nvidia card? (lemmy.cafe)
submitted 10 months ago by hellerphant@lemmy.cafe to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Hey folks. I’m a new dad which means my gaming time is at a premium, but I am going through a big cleanse of the enshittification era of the internet right now, and Windows 11 is kinda giving me bad vibes.

Last time I tried to run Linux it was ok and worked the majority of the time, but ray tracing and a few games caused some issues. I was also using game pass which of course doesn’t work on Linux, so I dropped back to windows.

How is Nvidia life these days? I’ve got a 3080 and an AMD 9800X3D so it should be fine for most games I imagine.

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[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same here. I've never run into any of the edge cases that need the bleeding edge updates, and I've been running the same install for a while without any stability issues.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I literally tested my whole steam library. Around 100 games. Only like 3 wouldn't work at all, and those were old somewhat wonky games. I even got most non steams working too. In steam, a minute looking at proton db and making minor adjustments to the config was needed maybe 5-10% of the time.

Important to note that most of my games are 10+ years old

[–] stargazingpenguin@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

I'm amazed by how well it works, Proton is literally a game changer! Most of my games are older too, but I purchased the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Farming Simulator 25 on launch day or soon after with zero Linux associated issues. Not being very interested in multiplayer games helps a lot. My only multiplayer game is Elder Scrolls Online, and they've made Steam Deck specific tweaks, so I'm lucky there!