Gentle reminder to everyone that support for #windows10 ends in about 90 weeks. Many computers can’t upgrade to Win 11 so here are your options:
- Continue on Win 10 but with higher security risks.
- Buy new and expensive hardware that supports Win11.
- Try a beginner friendly #Linux distro like #linuxmint. It only takes about two months to acclimate.
Us low spec gamers cannot afford losing at least 10 fps in some games, so it seems we’re tied to win 10 for the time being.
There’s still around two more years of support for Windows 10. By that time, it shouldn’t be too expensive to upgrade some components to some second-hand ones that perform better than your current ones.
Another option may be to use Windows Server 2022 Eval. You may run in to problems with software refusing to run on a server though. The initial eval lasts 180 days, but you can run a command to extend that 5 times (don’t quote me on the exact number) which will give you an updated system for years to come.
In the last couple years Linux gaming has pretty much become equivalent to Windows. Depends on lowness of spec, your graphics card, and some specific games. Thanks to Valve’s hard work on Steam Deck support, most games on Steam either run just as well on Proton, or have a native port that runs better.
I would say give it a try if you haven’t in a couple years.
I had an old Pitcairn era Radeon with endless Linux performance issues. Now I have a 6800XT and the drivers are top notch. My Windows partition hasn’t been booted since tax time last year (stupid non-wine friendly financial software…)
I’m using a 6500xt. It’s low to mid tier and I depend a lot on FSR as well as AMD Adrenalin Software. I don’t think I’m able to reliably make them work on Linux
FSR works, but if you rely on Adrenalin then that does not. You’re mostly counting on graphics configuration built into the games.
Though Gamescope can do a lot of what Adrenalin does (FSR, forcing resolutions both virtual and actual) but is less intuitive.
Native Vulkan games obviously run better than D3D translation but DXVK is pretty damn good now to the point where I forget it exists.
If your current setup works no need to mess with it, mostly I do a lot of dev stuff that works better on Linux and don’t want the hassle of dual boot. But at least know that it’s feasible if MS breaks Windows for good some day!