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Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Comandante oardoAbout performance, I found a very good benchmark on Techspot [External Link]...

Thanks for that. I could maybe get away with my GTX760 in Windows (around 30-frames per second on average with medium settings), but it would probably be futile to attempt to play this in Linux with the DirectX-to-OpenGL performance hit. Well, maybe on low settings, but then would the game be too ugly to be enjoyable?

If you use the special anti aliasing settings the game looks pretty great even on the lower settings / 720p. I've played a few hours on a system similar to yours but I know people's personal preferences will vary all I can say was as a DX fan playing the RC build at home on Linux I had fun :)

You're trying to convince me to buy the game, aren't you? :D

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Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Comandante oardoAbout performance, I found a very good benchmark on Techspot [External Link]...

Thanks for that. I could maybe get away with my GTX760 in Windows (around 30-frames per second on average with medium settings), but it would probably be futile to attempt to play this in Linux with the DirectX-to-OpenGL performance hit. Well, maybe on low settings, but then would the game be too ugly to be enjoyable?

Yeah, responding to myself... found this video that does a low/medium/high/ultra comparison:

View video on youtube.com

Basically, the low setting looks like a "last generation" game. It doesn't look bad, it just doesn't have all the fancy lighting and shadows. I wonder what performance would be like in Linux on a GTX760? I may have to buy the game and find out.

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Quoting: Comandante oardoAbout performance, I found a very good benchmark on Techspot [External Link]...

Thanks for that. I could maybe get away with my GTX760 in Windows (around 30-frames per second on average with medium settings), but it would probably be futile to attempt to play this in Linux with the DirectX-to-OpenGL performance hit. Well, maybe on low settings, but then would the game be too ugly to be enjoyable?

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I’ve seen gameplay performance go much higher than the Max FPS the benchmark gave me.

That's typical. Benchmarks are supposed to present a "worst case scenario" in terms of performance, at least if they're designed correctly. Ideally, if your system performs well in a benchmark then it should, in theory, have zero problems with the actual game.

That's quite strange, on Shadow of mordor for me it has 40 min fps and it's actually quite worse in game, on some moments it clearly falls in the 20s, benchmarks are not always to be trusted completely but they do give you brief overview if it is even worth trying to run the game.

That's why I said "ideally", and "if the benchmark is designed correctly", because too often they're eye-candy shows intended for bragging rights rather than a realistic indication of a game's performance.

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I’ve seen gameplay performance go much higher than the Max FPS the benchmark gave me.

That's typical. Benchmarks are supposed to present a "worst case scenario" in terms of performance, at least if they're designed correctly. Ideally, if your system performs well in a benchmark then it should, in theory, have zero problems with the actual game.

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This would be one of the many reasons Valve does not recommend people use the beta version if you want stability.

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I trust the Steam hardware survey about as much as I trust political polls. I wish Valve would just release the actual numbers so we can put an end to all of this guesswork and speculation.

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Used an Xbox 360 gamepad for years (I have two of them, actually) but once I got a Steam Controller, I have pretty much abandoned them. The Steam Controller, in my opinion, is the best gamepad ever made. The touchpads are so vastly superior to an analog stick that it's not even a contest. And the customization that allows it to support literally any game ever, even ones designed without controller support, is amazing. It is the first controller ever that gives mouse and keyboard a run for its money. I would have never considered trying to play a game like Stellaris with a gamepad, but with the with Steam Controller, it's actually a viable option.

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Used to love KDE, but it's gotten too bloated over the last few years. I've been using MATE for the last couple of months, and it's been great. Very fast and stable while still being feature rich

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I agree, nothing wrong with Wine ports for older games, or even newer games if the performance is good.

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