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Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

(arstechnica.com)
445 points _JamesA_ | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.267s | source
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jimbob45 ◴[25 Jun 25 20:47 UTC] No.44381655[source]▶
Borderlands 3? Homeworld 3? Who chose these games? Why not just use the current top 10 on Steam atm?
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dabber21 ◴[25 Jun 25 20:50 UTC] No.44381687[source]▶
"To test the performance impact of this operating system choice, we started with the SteamOS version of the Legion Go S (provided by Lenovo) and tested five high-end 3D games released in the last five years using built-in benchmarking tools..."

those games come with benchmark tools

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jimbob45 ◴[25 Jun 25 22:25 UTC] No.44382339[source]▶
Borderlands 3 was 2019. Homeworld 3 has a 38% on Steam and sold poorly. I highly doubt it ever received patches or optimizations. Again, these feel unbelievably arbitrary, as if someone just wanted to push a narrative.
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1. spartanatreyu ◴[25 Jun 25 23:49 UTC] No.44382875[source]▶
Homeworld 3 received a terrible rating because its story and delivery was a massive departure to what users wanted, not because of it's gameplay or tech.

It would have been chosen for the same reason ashes of the singularity was chosen as a benchmark for so long: because it looks good, it comes with a benchmark, and it's really good at stressing out a particular part of the computer (for AoS: async rendenring, for HW3: CPU).