And did he perform the test with the Beta Steam client. This would effect the AMD results at the very least, because of the Overlay performance bug.

Otherwise, what I would say is that Vulkan isn't the finished article, but it is disappointing to see this effect right now.

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I guess Dell are selling these even if customers are choosing to run Winblows instead of SteamOS. What doesn't make sense as others have stated is the higher end product having a i7 and not a faster gpu.

I bet they're holding off until Zen before they release an AMD version.. I also wonder if AMD's Project Quantum is going to reappear as a steam machine in the future.

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Quoting: Raven67854Seems odd to go through all of this work rather than use Unreal Engine 4's native Linux version. But hey! Could be cool for other projects like MonoGame.

Maybe it's just the open source drivers, but the Linux version of UE4 needs some more love and attention. I was just trying out the latest UT Alpha and it's stuttery as hell.

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I really do hope this is a inhouse Vulkan port, since they already have a working DX12 version..

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I was trying to play Warframe, but it was a pain in the ass to get to work and when I finally got it up and running their was graphical glitches followed by a full system hang :'(.

I'd like to give the new Unreal Tournament a try. But hopefully it doesn't work too well or I might get addicted like I did for about a decade with the original games :-o.

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Quoting: GuestDiablo III Reaper of Souls. Runs quite well through latest Wine with CSMT.
Terraria - a few lags here and there, but hosting it and playing with 2 family members. Great game that will entertain you for a long time.
Minecraft - performance dropped significantly with opensource drivers
No More Room In Hell - runs better now with opensource drivers IMO, it is a casual game.
Runes Of Magic - runs decently. Not really playing it anymore cuz of Diablo.

Use gallium-nine with Diablo 3. Don't be surprised if your frame rates double. It's my goto when I play Starcraft 2 and Diablo III. Great games, just wish Blizzard was more Linux friendly.

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It looks like it might be fun. I've just ordered a Steam controller while they're on sale, and will buy a copy of Rocket League *if* they ever release it. Won't believe it until I see it :-).

I feel like I need to buy a few more Linux games just to show my support, but I'm not the hardcore gamer I was 5+ years ago :(.

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I was going to wait until they came out with a 2nd iteration of the Steam controller with improvements, but the 30% discount is quite nice and pushed it low enough for me to consider buying one right now.

I have an old Logitech Rumblepad that I've been using for Grid Autosport, but some games just refuse to recognise it and they weren't games I felt like playing with a keyboard and mouse. Hmmm, will have to get on this.

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I'm willing to be patient to see the big titles land on SteamOS/Linux. But more work on every area of Linux, not just Steam needs improving if you want to see gamers ditching Windows.

I think Valve are actually doing a lot of work behind the scenes on Linux, they're helping with ports where they can and I'm sure they're trying to incentivize other developers into supporting Linux. Maybe it's because we aren't seeing upfront changes that some are getting impatient.

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Quoting: rkfgSS3 is totally awesome. I completed it twice, first solo and another time was around NY2015 with a dozen of Steam friends....

I bought SS3 awhile back, but couldn't get the game to run on Linux at an acceptable framerate so I never played more than the first few minutes. This is probably down to poor AMD drivers though. I loved the original games however, so much fun. Hopefully now that they are developing with Vulkan in mind, the performance will be their so I can enjoy some Serious Sam once again :).

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