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AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux

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944 points 6a74 | 1 comments | 10 Oct 24 14:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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spease ◴[10 Oct 24 16:29 UTC] No.41800525[source]▶
This is super cool.

So, wait, does this mean that gaming is better on Linux, on a Mac?

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hu3 ◴[10 Oct 24 19:26 UTC] No.41802520[source]▶
I've been gaming on Linux since Warcraft 3 days.

Wine is wonderful and with Valve's help it only got better.

But why would gaming on a mac be better? Maybe one day, but for now:

FTA: "While many games are playable, newer AAA titles don’t hit 60fps yet."

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Wowfunhappy ◴[10 Oct 24 21:02 UTC] No.41803559[source]▶
I read the GP differently. I think they meant: if you are on a Mac computer, is gaming better under Linux vs macOS?

I think the answer might be yes, because it's possible to play so many more titles!

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GeekyBear ◴[10 Oct 24 22:04 UTC] No.41804055{3}[source]▶
Game emulation isn't a Linux only thing.
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Wowfunhappy ◴[10 Oct 24 22:47 UTC] No.41804361{4}[source]▶
Is there a way to run Control or Cyberpunk on macOS?
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fl0id ◴[10 Oct 24 23:09 UTC] No.41804495{5}[source]▶
Yes. Haven’t tried those games, but on apple silicon whisky app emulates with gameporting toolkit + wine/proton. For intel silicon I think it was also possible but not sure.
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Wowfunhappy ◴[10 Oct 24 23:13 UTC] No.41804521{6}[source]▶
Oh, wow, I did not realize how many games worked with this:

https://docs.getwhisky.app/game-support/index.html

I had assumed the lack of Vulkan on macOS was a major issue. Apparently not!

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1. fl0id ◴[11 Oct 24 00:22 UTC] No.41804923{7}[source]▶
Yeah,can’t tell you how it works exactly but it’s quite good