Windows Games On Linux and Linux Gaming Performance
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Windows Games On Linux? Valve May Be Working On New “Steam Play” Tool
Even though there are quite a few Linux-based distro options for gamers, hardcore gamers often go back to Windows to play the games they love. SteamOS from Valve, the most popular gaming Linux distro, seems to be making headlines from time-to-time, but things have been quiet for some time.
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A Look At Linux Gaming Performance Scaling On The Threadripper 2950X
On Monday when the launch embargo expired on the Threadripper 2950X and Threadripper 2990WX I hadn't run any gaming benchmarks since, well, most games even on Windows can't scale out to 32 threads let alone 64 threads... Especially on Linux. It's far more practical getting these Threadripper 2 processors if you want to compile with 32 or 64 make jobs -- among many other common multi-threaded Linux workloads -- versus using this $899 or $1799 processor for a Linux gaming system. But if you are curious how Linux games scale with the Threadripper 2950X, here are some benchmark results when testing both AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics.
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More on Steam (widely covered at the moment)
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Steam Machines running Windows games? Valve's working on it
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Valve reportedly working on tools to improve Linux gaming
Valve working on Steam Machine compatibility tools
Steam may be secretly testing compatibility tools...
Steam may be secretly testing compatibility tools that run Windows games on Linux
Steam may get tools to play Windows games on Linux and Mac, code deep-dive finds
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Reddit where it all started
Steam Play compatibility for Wine seems to be coming