Windows 11 vs Linux on 8GB RAM – Who Wins?
2026-04-26 23:28 UTC
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@savvywolf@pawb.social 2026-04-27 00:56
Skimming the video, Windows 11 crashed on two games and everything else had parity or was slightly worse than Linux. Decent results.
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@oce@jlai.lu 2026-04-27 00:24
For those curious about which distribution because Linux alone does not mean much, from the description: ``` Windows 11 vs CachyOS gaming benchmark on 8GB RAM + RX 6650 XT 📽️ Captured with Elgato HD60 X (no FPS loss) 🖥️ Test Bench: ○ CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X (Stock) ○ MB: GIGABYTE X570 AUROS ELITE ○ RAM: 1x8GB DDR4 3600MHz CL14 ○ Cooler: HYPER 212 AIR COOLER ○ NVMe: 120GB NVME, 2TB NVME ○ PSU: Corsair RM1000X ○ OS: CachyOS ○ GPU 1: GIGABYTE RX 6650 XT 8GB GDDR6 GAMING OC ○ Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1 / MESA 26.0.5 Timestamps: 00:00 The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered 00:53 DOOM: The Dark Ages 01:42 Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 02:29 Resident Evil: Requiem 03:17 Death Stranding 2 PC 04:03 S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 04:50 Alan Wake 2 05:37 Red Dead Redemption 2 06:26 Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered 07:14 Windows 11 Configuration 07:35 CachyOS Configuration ````
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@Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-27 10:34
fuck windows don't even need to watch that shit
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@Epzillon@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 11:20
Can someone link the video? Im on phone and YouTube keeps breaking when trying to play it in the app. Thank you!
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@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-26 23:36
Ostensibly, the one with less overhead. Part of the dream of DirectX was a lite statement that could focus on gaming — that ultimately became Xbox. So look at an Xbox One (not Series!) and run Linux on similar hardware (no SSD!) and see if you can beat it. I think it can be done but I’m not sure.
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@adarza@lemmy.ca 2026-05-04 02:34
lemme guess.. cachyos, a tweaked-for-gaming bleeding-edge disto, vs a default oob win11 configuration. i put iot on something here for some testing and it did quite well with latest drivers.