Windows vs. Linux gaming: Test reveals clear winner, but community disagrees

[The Yar]

If I have to choose a specific distro for gaming then it's not a viable solution, especially since more often than not some tweaks are required from my experience.

Ah, yes, because Windows is famous for not needing tweaks to be an enjoyable experience.

That is correct.

[MickeyW]

Fine, use a tweaked-out version of Linux for the benchmark. To be fair, you then have to use a similarly-tweaked version of Windows for comparison,though - so all the gains folks are imagining will be erased.

Since, similarly-tweaked version of Windows does not exist, Linux wins. Appropriate comparison was like picking the car model of the same line but with lowest powered engine (Linux) and on the other side comparing it with highest powered engine (Windows). You just need to pick comparable model, not tune the engine (though you can do that as well).

[CajunMoses]

It's very hard for a single distribution to represent "Linux." Better to perform a gaming test with an aggregate of distros that represent at the least top 80% of the distros most frequently used for gaming. Average each test result weighted by frequency of use to get representative "Linux" results.

[hwertz]

I'm not going to excuse away their results.  The big boost people see on Linux is often with DX9/10/11 games, DX12 there's less 'cruft' to cut through and get nice speedups, so these results don't surprise me too much soince these are all modern dx12 games.

[Via]

first of, they didnt use CatchyOS.
second, they used fresh windows install - keep it for a month or two it will be so full of s*** that it will slow anything down.

linux porforms 10% or more better.

[Baldrick]

Oh no, a game ran at a mere 140fps on Linux instead of 149fps on Windows. The horror!

Seriously?

Whilst glossing over the horrific privacy issues and appalling vibe-coded monthly security patches that take an hour to apply, require multiple reboots, and that have a 50-50 chance of breaking something important.

Not to mention the rampant viruses and malware.

The peace of mind of a private, secure Operating System, and chill patching is well worth the lost 9fps IMHO.