First batch of Linux benchmarks just dropped by Gamers Nexus.

You beat me too it :slight_smile: Watching it now.

Hmm, well a good first try that’s for sure…I feel like some suggestions need to be forwarded over there to GN…some defaults on the software can be potentially problematic… The first suggestion of course being: Please do not use Steam’s default shader cache option. I can’t speak for other linux plat…

Sorry, I am pretty new to Bazzite, do you have any link explaining the reasoning behind that? And why that does not (or maybe it does) affect Steam Deck? I was very surprised to learn that native Civ 5 runs worse and crashes compared to running Civ under proton 8. Are there other quirks newcomers s…

Hi, So the gist of it: Shader pre-caching basically loads up the entirety of a game’s shaders before launching the game…in the past this setting was recommended on linux, but not much anymore. As Linux, wayland, and wine/proton have matured - implementation for shader cache is now similar to Window…

Interesting. I was always on the (wrong?) impression that because Linux precompilation shaders is one of the big reasons why games run smoother under Linux than Windows. Also if that is the case, why does Steam have it still enabled by default, probably even for stuff like Steam Deck?

I thought the same thing,too. Thought that feature was the secret sauce behind no shader compilation stutters. Because of that always kept it on. Because it was occupying some considerable storage space though, I decided to turn it off and made no difference whatsoever. Since then I have installed …

I organically discovered this setting recently and disabled it, after it taking nearly 6hrs to pre-compile shader’s for World War Z, I disabled this silly feature, its not as bad on a powerhouse machine, but on my DIY Steam Machine project using the PS5 APU, it was painfully slow. I’ve now disabled…

i keep reminding myself they’re probably quick learners, especially with their bts team & connections to quality resources… all the more reason to hint suggestions in their direction

Gamers Nexus' Distro of Choice for Benchmarking: Bazzite

Bazzite

inffy November 26, 2025, 4:57am 4

Pretty sure that Kyle and antheas have mentioned about these to Steve.

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Gamers Nexus' Distro of Choice for Benchmarking: Bazzite

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