I recently took a look at four Open-World games in a benchmark battle between Bazzite Linux and Windows 11. Fifty percent of the results were as expected, and the other fifty percent turned out to be suboptimal for Linux. Since viewers often comment on my videos that they get better performance with a different distro, or ask whether I have checked out this or that distro, they eventually wore me down. I installed CachyOS and benchmarked the four titles from the previous blog post again, and we’ll briefly take a look at the results.

Three quarters are business as usual, and one quarter is actually interesting.

This is going to be a short affair without much fanfare, so let’s get to it.

I also have a German version of the video.

Nioh 3 is highly anticipated by many gamers, and it looks like Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja are confident in the game’s quality, as they have released a demo on Steam and PlayStation. Kudos for doing that. I’m primarily interested for technical reasons. Team Ninja games usually have a, let’s call it, interesting performance-to-visuals ratio.

To save you time, let me say right up front that you can easily achieve 100 FPS or more with hardware similar to mine if you stick to the default presets. Let me repeat that because it’s an important detail: if you stick to the default presets. As you can see in the background, the FPS counter is essentially stuck at the 120 mark.

The visuals are attractive and serve their purpose, although nothing to write home about. More important in a fast-paced, combat-oriented Team Ninja game is how it feels to play. If you enjoy games like this, I think you won’t be disappointed.

But Nioh 3 is not without its idiosyncrasies. And I’m not talking about how quickly the story turns batshit crazy like a Jim Carrey performance.

If you’re interested, stay tuned.

I also have a German version of the video.

Marvel Rivals is published by NetEase, the same company that also publishes Where Winds Meet. Unlike its sibling, Marvel Rivals uses Unreal Engine 5. And as we all know, this piece of software can be as volatile as Deadpool. So, let’s have a look at how the hero-shooter performs on Linux and Windows.

Welcome back to a new benchmark battle between these two operating systems. Today, we answer the question of whether the proprietary AI-Super Villain or the Open-Source hero comes out victorious.

As I’ve done more often recently, I compared the beloved 🤭 Windows 11 to Bazzite’s Steam Gaming Mode and its KDE-Wayland session. Let’s go and find out which operating system has a field day in Marvel Rivals.

To do that, we grab Thor’s Hammer – don’t worry, no sleezy jokes today – and hope we can prevent Windows from sprinting ahead with a few well-placed lightning strikes.

I actually have no idea if Thor’s even in this game, but let’s just ignore that.

I also have a German version of this video.

If you regularly watch Gamers Nexus benchmark videos or are just a strategy game enthusiast, Total War may be a name you recognize. It has been quiet as far as “Mystery Games” go in the Epic Games Store, but at the end of the year, Tim Sweeney handed out a household name in the strategy space for free. I took this opportunity by the hand to check out Total War for myself and, of course, also benchmark it.

And with that, I welcome you back to another Linux versus Windows benchmark battle.

I usually prefer to do a Gameplay Performance first, before diving into the benchmarks. However, I’m sad to say that Total War: Three Kingdoms just isn’t my cup of tea. Therefore, I spent only as much time in the game as I needed to record some B-roll and get the testing done.

But enough foreplay. Let’s get to the climax and the question of who’s packing more heat.

Yes, you heard that right. And there’s plenty more where that came from.

(German version of the video)