Proton Has Brought About 6000 Games to Linux So Far

Easy Rhino · Apr 20, 2020

This is a far larger number than I think even the most optimistic people anticipated.

Proton Has Brought About 6000 Games to Linux So Far

boilingsteam.com

Solaris17 · Apr 21, 2020

Wow this is fantastic!

R-T-B · Apr 23, 2020

dxvk is the real hero more than Proton. But Proton largely funds dxvk, so in this case the potato deserves the credit anyways.

FreedomEclipse · Apr 23, 2020

Shame SteamOS is dead in the water.

R-T-B · Apr 23, 2020

FreedomEclipse said:
Shame SteamOS is dead in the water.

Meh, don't care as long as steam for linux works.

SomeOne99h · Apr 23, 2020

Here is the "big games" that can run in Proton/Lutris* or still fail*:

ProtonDB - Steam Games on Linux

ProtonDB - Steam Games on Linux

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

Epic Store Games on Linux Ubuntu with Lutris

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

www.youtube.com

*Lutris is used for Epic games
*Tests done by someone for some games, it is not a full list but it keeps going.

This news was posted later and has some pics:

https://www.techpowerup.com/img/W4mIEdduMQ9jOxsv.jpg

https://www.techpowerup.com/img/RvmNhRNah38ie7kR.jpg

Valve's Project Proton has Brought Over 6,500 Windows Games to Linux

Project Proton is a tool developed by Valve Software which allows Windows games to run on Linux through Steam. The project was launched in 2018 as a forked version of WINE with some additional features such as DirectX over Vulkan. According to ProtonDB a fan page which reports game compatibility...

www.techpowerup.com

R-T-B · Apr 23, 2020

Just use protondb. No need for any other list if using proton, really.

SomeOne99h · Apr 23, 2020

I mean, showing people videos encourages them you know, more than just plain list of text

moproblems99 · Apr 23, 2020

SomeOne99h said:
I mean, showing people videos encourages them you know, more than just plain list of text

Not everyone.

R-T-B · Apr 23, 2020

moproblems99 said:
Not everyone.

Honestly, when what you want is "does it work? A-F score" I don't think a video helps anyone... but maybe just me. Take your pick, we have both I guess.

HD64G · Sep 9, 2020

I don't know how many have tried some DX11 games on windows using DXVK but today I tried Assasin's Odyssey and the results speak for themselves...

Those are the best ones for each API after 3-4 runs for the shaders to get cached since I run the game on a HDD

______________________________________DX11 result ____________________________________________________________________________DXVK result______________________________________

Magnificent work from the DXVK devs! :clap:

Releases · doitsujin/dxvk

Vulkan-based implementation of D3D8, 9, 10 and 11 for Linux / Wine - doitsujin/dxvk

github.com

To try that yourself, firtsly go to the settings of the game, deactivate entirely the VSync and make it run on the borderless screen mode. Then throw the DX11 X64 dll in the game's folder.

ThrashZone · Sep 9, 2020

Hi,
Love a win-10 alternative.

phill · Sep 9, 2020

Might have to have a dual boot system if this keeps up for Linux and Windows... Outstanding

Vayra86 · Sep 9, 2020

That is a remarkable performance gap there for running the same game.

Can we keep this topic alive with updates/news feed (or is there something for it already perhaps)? I'm definitely subbed, interested and this could finally bring me to maintain a Linux machine or dualboot after all these years. For gaming until now I just never saw a purpose. But performance can change everything.

HD64G said:
I don't know how many have tried some DX11 games on windows using DXVK but today I tried Assasin's Odyssey and the results speak for themselves...

Those are the best ones for each API after 3-4 runs for the shaders to get cached since I run the game on a HDD

______________________________________DX11 result ____________________________________________________________________________DXVK result______________________________________
View attachment 168155 View attachment 168156

Magnificent work from the DXVK devs!

Releases · doitsujin/dxvk

Vulkan-based implementation of D3D8, 9, 10 and 11 for Linux / Wine - doitsujin/dxvk

github.com

To try that yourself, firtsly go to the settings of the game, deactivate entirely the VSync and make it run on the borderless screen mode. Then throw the DX11 X64 dll in the game's folder.

Oh, Windows too :O

phill · Sep 10, 2020

Well Windows 10 was stream lined and such at one point, I'm sad to say, it's not now...

R-T-B · Sep 18, 2020

I was doing the same for a while on Kerbal Space Program.

The reason for the result disparity is AMD's DX11 driver's CPU overhead is horrible, and Denuvo likes to churn CPU cycles.

I got similar results from the horribly single threaded Kerbal Space Program. Once I switched to an slightly equivalent NVIDIA card however, the dxvk gain was lost, but I did see a general 100% uplift going from 5700 XT to RTX 2080 Super, lol (it should be nowhere near that). If your game is CPU bound, AMD's DX11 driver is probably not for you.

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Proton Has Brought About 6000 Games to Linux So Far

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