Gaming on ZEN 4 to ZEN 5: Windows vs Linux

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk
edited by Autumn

[deephazarika]

the fact that we are talking about gaming performance comparison between Windows and Linux instead of whether or not games work on Linux itself is amazing

[homermorisson]

Since you brought it up, good sir, I'd love for you to do a deep dive into the state of gaming on Linux in 2024, ideally between a couple of beginner-friendly distros, pros/cons, something like that would be really cool and more importantly really helpful. =)

[WesSites]

Me running zen 3 with no plans to upgrade until AM6: “mhmm… interesting”

[Tuhar]

"Linux's headaches are haphazard, Win11 headaches are... deliberately adversarial" - This is why I'm really looking at linux instead of moving to Win11.

I feel like I'd rather dig in and learn something in troubleshooting Linux headaches, versus just soul crushing annoyance with Win11.

[FrenziedManbeast]

I've been a lifelong Windows user/gamer. I've used Linux precisely as much as I've had to for work and personal uses where it was warranted. But I'll be honest: I'm closer now to daily-ing Linux than ever before, and videos like these keep poking that part of my mind to make the switch the next time I image my drive.

[benjaminoechsli]

I've said it before, I'll say it again:

Wendell and his fellow "janitors" have been a _godsend_ during this kerfuffle. I appreciate that he says Windows is still the superior gaming experience, but Linux is (likely) good enough. I'm dipping my toes into the penguin pool.

[willfancher]

Really loving this back and forth of Hardware Unboxed doing unbelievable amounts of testing and Wendell improving the methodology and the overall understanding of the story.

[evilleader]

I have a pihole at home and its crazy how much chatter/information gets intercepted by my pihole when i boot into windows vs linux. Absolutely insane, even ran chris titus tool and it still tries to call back to base a lot...

[eram]

Im not a Linux user, but I can easily tell Windows is getting to a point that people would rather deal with the shortcomings of Linux if they haven't gotten there already instead of sticking with Windows.

[MarioCRO]

Great video, thanx for all the testing and data. Very interesting to see.

[dot_boi]

I still love how Ashes of the Benchmark still has its nickname. Back in the days when an RX480 was new

[micahottaway]

Linux is sometimes unpredictable and a little tempermental, but Windows tracks you down and tries to kill you...

[BrophyMichael]

Wendell, I suspect you're thinking of Tomb Raider (2013)
That is about a decade old.
However,
Shadow of the Tomb Raider is only 1 year older than Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018 & 2019 respectively)

[TwistedD]

After checking my most taxing Windows games on my Linux install I finally gave in and just started using Proton and Wine, it's been flawless. And I say that after it was very much not flawless for the longest time. Steam's work with Linux has been a godsend.

[cedric]

AMD has just released an AGESA to resolve the memory latency issue.
I'd love to see the same tests with emulators, especially RPCS3 that uses AVX.

[ramanmono]

Linux has game mode. That works better than windows game mode as well. Learning new things every time.

[michaelgleason]

8:45 "Starfield is just not a fantastic game..." You could've stopped right there.

[MontyChimera]

"Ashes of the Benchmark" LOL

[jaysonmueller]

Linux Mint with Lutris and Steam, the gaming is very good.

[freddyv.]

They apparently fixed the core-to-core latency with the latest AGESA update.