Quoting: liamdaweTo the people asking about the fullscreen mode used, it was stated in the article:

I spoke to the person who did it on twitter, he mentioned both Windows/Linux were done in borderless fullscreen mode.

It sounds like he's confused, because "borderless fullscreen" isn't a thing. There's fullscreen, and there's borderless window which can occupy the fullscreen, but just plain "borderless fullscreen"? No such beast exists.

The fact that he was running in a borderless window presumably with the compositor crunching away in the background makes me feel better about these results. Someone needs to do another benchmark using actual fullscreen mode or with the compositor disabled at the very least.

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Quoting: reaVerI'm still calling for this to be tested on a high performance distro rather than Ubuntu.

What, exactly, is a "high performance distro"? Every benchmark I've seen suggests that the performance differences between mature distros is negligible, especially when it comes to gaming.

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Quoting: MblackwellTo the above question about borderless window: No, if an application is not exclusive fullscreen it won't set the flag required to bypass the compositor.

That's a great point. Running with compositor enabled is a great way to kill gaming performance on most Linux desktops.

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Quoting: devland

What are your thoughts, any theories?

Vulkan is a new API. So far all performance tests yielded similar results. This was expected and is not news.

Please don't sensationalize the issue. Vulkan will get better in time as will it's implementation by game developers. :)

Just once, I'd love to see a test like this that Linux fans don't have to explain away.

No matter what happens from here on out, I'm never using Windows again (unless Linux is completely abandoned by developers), but to have it constantly lag behind Windows is frustrating. Of course this isn't a Linux issue exclusively since MacOS performs similarly to Linux in benchmarks, so I think it's a simple fact that Linux/OSX drivers aren't nearly as well optimized as Windows drivers. I just want to see this issue resolved sooner rather than later.

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I still think Morrowind is the best of the Elder Scrolls series. Oblivion and Skyrim are obviously technically superior, but they lack the atmosphere and roleplaying of Morrowind.

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Quoting: Stupendous Man

- A New Hat for Chirper

Yes, just what I was dreaming of!!!

How about a free DLC to completely remove the $£%*&^! chirper?

There are mods for that. But I honestly don't mind the little bird.

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Quoting: ShmerlI hope Paradox aren't going to cause any issues (if they are this publisher). A lot of games developed by their own studios are Steam only. I even suspect upcoming Tyranny by Obsidian which is funded by Paradox will also have such problem.

Not a problem for me. Steam is a great platform, and we Linux gamers owe Valve and Steam a big thank you for FINALLY jump-starting Linux gaming. I also love how essay Steam makes it to manage my gaming library with automatic updates to both my games and whatever installed mods I have. In fact, I'm less inclined to buy a game if it DOESN'T have a Steam version.

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Quoting: BOYSSSSSThe Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief is -90% on Bundle Stars, but I'm not sure they even count Linux sales.

Of course all the caveats of dealing with key resellers apply.

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Quoting: linuxgamer...Linux is the most efficient (also only with controller support?)!

Steam Machine + Steam Controller for the win! \o/

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Quoting: wolfyrion5mins in the game got lost,
tried tutorial for another 10mins got lost again = ALT + F4...
I guess another strategy bites the dust... next... :|

Is this intended to be satire? Paradox is not known for making n00b friendly casual games, and Hearts of Iron has traditionally been their most complex offering.

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You should celebrate by giving me a bunch of free Steam keys. :D

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