Windows v Linux

addestroyer · 12-03-2017, 03:40 AM #1

I recently dual booted my laptop with Linux and Windows, and was wondering if there's any significant difference between performance/support etc between the two.

**Helios** · 12-03-2017, 03:45 AM #2

Depends on your GPU.

Nvidia: no meaningful difference except you need to use exclusive mode on ubershaders for it to work well (because no D3D)

AMD: You need to use Vulkan or performance will suck

Intel: No meaningful difference.

addestroyer · 12-03-2017, 04:04 AM #3

Laptop has both integrated graphics and an nvidia quadro k1100m, but as far as I know I don't have the Linux api's/tools to switch between them yet. Main reason(s) I'm asking are just curiosity / I've been considering a dual boot on my desktop for some time but was forced into doing one on my laptop for Operating Systems class so I figured now was a good time to ask

**KHg8m3r** · 12-04-2017, 05:32 PM #4

You'll get a better experience using Bluetooth for the Wiimotes on Linux

**Kurausukun** · 12-04-2017, 06:14 PM #5

Also IIRC the LAN Adapter emulation only works on Linux for some reason that I don't remember... something about latency on Windows being too high?

Aleron Ives · 12-04-2017, 06:24 PM #6

BBA emulation under Windows has modem-caliber speeds, so it wouldn't be difficult for Linux to have better performance.

EblfIYH · (This post was last modified: 12-09-2017, 12:58 AM by EblfIYH.)

(12-03-2017, 03:45 AM)Helios Wrote: Depends on your GPU.

Nvidia: no meaningful difference except you need to use exclusive mode on ubershaders for it to work well (because no D3D)

AMD: You need to use Vulkan or performance will suck

Intel: No meaningful difference.

Ivy Bridge, Haswell and Broadwell GPUs does support Vulkan (IB and HW only partially), but only in linux. IDK why intel doesn't release the vulkan drivers on windows.

Does Vulkan perform good enough at this point?

Peter Njeim · (This post was last modified: 12-12-2017, 09:34 AM by Peter Njeim.)

(12-09-2017, 12:35 AM)EblfIYH Wrote: Ivy Bridge, Haswell and Broadwell GPUs does support Vulkan (IB and HW only partially), but only in linux. IDK why intel doesn't release the vulkan drivers on windows.

Does Vulkan perform good enough at this point?

In my testing with my AMD APU, D3D12 was always faster than D3D11, and Vulkan was always 5% slower than D3D12. Since they removed D3D12, I switched to Vulkan, since it was still very performant. The easiest way to know if something is faster on your hardware, is to test it yourself. Vulkan is better than DX11 on AMD hardware, I've never been put through the torture of using my friend's laptops intel iGPU with Dolphin, so I can't say anything about intel.