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It doesn't work natively on Windows without stressing even the highest end machines. I guarantee if you try to emulate it, the result will be even worse than the already terrible native experience.
WINE: Wine Is Not an Emulator
API call translation is often very inexpensive and, particularly in the case of DXVK for graphics calls, sometimes actually results in faster code if the underlying API implementation is more performant than the original Win32 equivalent -- see Elden Ring launch day performance on Linux vs. Windows for an example of this.
What if we use proton as a translation layer? QEMU or any other emulator seems really overkill for gaming
I guarantee that flew over his head :)
Is this a trust me bro?
Not really.
Even with the miniscule amount of overhead Proton adds, if it performs like pure shit on Windows, it will very likely perform like pure shit on Linux too. This isn't the platform or Proton's fault, the devs just made a badly optimised game.
The cases where Proton outperforms Windows are edge cases and have more to do with the lightweight-ness of the Linux distro compared to Windows than any magic Proton is doing. Such a jump will make CSII perform a little less shit, not go from dogshit to acceptable
it's common sense
I don't understand why people think it'll run better or different on a platform that literally needs to emulate it.
I have a 3090 and people with 40 series cards natively are saying it runs at less than 30 FPS. I don't understand why Proton would alleviate any of these issues, seems like it ads more overhead.
Well... There are many cases where proton Linux out perform windows due to Linux having less over head and or vulkan effecencies.
I am not expert. Just wanted to see if you got a more technical explanation for your postion.
I doubt cities will run great on Linux but your absolutist tone didn't seem right either overall
I've had CP2077 run better than Windows, same with WoW, but they work properly on Windows baseline without enormous resources.