They don't mention it in the description but this is mainly about kernel fixes and some associated utilities which have improved VRAM management on AMD GPUs on Linux. It's not upstreamed yet AFAICT, but that's why they used CachyOS which includes the patches and utilities out of the box.
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For those curious about which distribution because Linux alone does not mean much, from the description:
Windows 11 vs CachyOS gaming benchmark on 8GB RAM + RX 6650 XT
📽️ Captured with Elgato HD60 X (no FPS loss)
🖥️ Test Bench:
○ CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X (Stock)
○ MB: GIGABYTE X570 AUROS ELITE
○ RAM: 1x8GB DDR4 3600MHz CL14
○ Cooler: HYPER 212 AIR COOLER
○ NVMe: 120GB NVME, 2TB NVME
○ PSU: Corsair RM1000X
○ OS: CachyOS
○ GPU 1: GIGABYTE RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 GAMING OC
○ Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1 / MESA 26.0.5
Timestamps:
00:00 The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered
00:53 DOOM: The Dark Ages
01:42 Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
02:29 Resident Evil: Requiem
03:17 Death Stranding 2 PC
04:03 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
04:50 Alan Wake 2
05:37 Red Dead Redemption 2
06:26 Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
07:14 Windows 11 Configuration
07:35 CachyOS Configuration
Skimming the video, Windows 11 crashed on two games and everything else had parity or was slightly worse than Linux. Decent results.
fuck windows don't even need to watch that shit
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Can someone link the video? Im on phone and YouTube keeps breaking when trying to play it in the app.
Thank you!
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Ostensibly, the one with less overhead. Part of the dream of DirectX was a lite statement that could focus on gaming — that ultimately became Xbox. So look at an Xbox One (not Series!) and run Linux on similar hardware (no SSD!) and see if you can beat it. I think it can be done but I’m not sure.
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