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by vladms 166 days ago
> Baldur's Gate 3 Linux build is a slideshow on Nvidia cards

I played Baldur's Gate 3 on Linux on a GeForce GTX 1060 (which is almost 10 years old!) without a fan (I found later that it was broken) and I generally did not have issues (couple of times in the whole game slowed for couple of seconds, but nothing major).
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distances 166 days ago
The key word was Linux build. There's now an official Linux version so that BG3 runs better on Steam Deck. Everyone else should keep using Proton to run it like they've done this far.

Which applies to all the games, basically. I nowadays make sure to select Proton before even running the game for the first time, in case it has a Linux build -- that will invariably be the buggier experience so want to avoid it.

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zapnuk 166 days ago
Thats the whole problem. No consistency. Some configurations work, others not - eventhough they should be way more capable.

That's not even limited to linux or gaming. A few weeks ago i tried to apply the latest Windows update to my 2018 lenovo thinkpad. It complained about insufficient space (had 20GB free). I then used a usb as swap (required by windows) and tried to install the update. Gave up after 1 hour without progress...

Hardware+OS really seems unfixable in some cases. I'm 100% getting a macbook next time. At least with Apple I can schedule a support appointment.

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vladms 166 days ago
For gaming macOS does not seem a great choice. I have friends with macOS and, at least on Steam, there are very few games running on that platform.

Additionally when I was using macOS for work, I had also some unexpected things if I wanted to use anything a bit more special (think packages installed using homebrew, compiling a thing from source, etc.).

So for me the options are: either use a locked device where you can't do anything other than what the designers thought of and if you are lucky it will be good OR use something where you have complete freedom and take the responsibility to tweak when things dont'work. MacOS tries to be the first option (but in my opinion does not succeed as much as it claims to), Linux is the second option (but it is harder than it could be in many cases) and Windows tries to do both (and is worse than the two other alternatives)

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energy123 166 days ago
It's a CPU bound game
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