I play Apex Legends, and I get way better performance in Linux. My regular squad mates were having graphical lag issues last weekend. Me on Linux, no issues. 120+fps
Yeah. It’s not kernel level like it is with Fortnite and Destiny. Works great on Linux and Steam Deck.
Edit: a tip if you take the plunge: When you launch it, it will pop up a box for “compiling vulkan shaders” with an option to skip. Do not skip it, at least not immediately. Apex has WAY more shaders than most games. In Steam settings, under downloads, I recommend enabling “shader pre-caching” as well as “allow background processing of vulkan shaders” so that ste can constantly compile shaders. It seems to make things work better “on the fly” as well. Nowadays I almost always hit skip on the shader dialogue.
Sometimes, not every time, my initial load into Apex has stuttering. This smooths out on my system after a minute or two, usually within the lobby. If it’s still happening once I am in the drop ship, I will take a late drop on my first game. Once it’s past all the shader compiling, it is buttery smooth the rest of the time. And keep in mind, this is not every time I play. Just sometimes. It’s way better than what my squaddies had last weekend.
That seems like a lot to say but I want to say it all so you don’t abandon ship because it’s choppy at first. That doesn’t last so stick it out. I haven’t had any chop or lag for weeks.
EDIT2: This is me playing on linux. ANy excuse to share this crazy win, no idea why we deserved to pull this off lol https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1961781842
IME it’s the older games which are easier to install and have better performance on linux.
Elden Ring was better on Linux when it came out
I play Apex Legends, and I get way better performance in Linux. My regular squad mates were having graphical lag issues last weekend. Me on Linux, no issues. 120+fps
Apex anticheat works on Linux?!? I may have to switch over. I always thought it wasn’t compatible and never really checked back.
Yeah. It’s not kernel level like it is with Fortnite and Destiny. Works great on Linux and Steam Deck.
Edit: a tip if you take the plunge: When you launch it, it will pop up a box for “compiling vulkan shaders” with an option to skip. Do not skip it, at least not immediately. Apex has WAY more shaders than most games. In Steam settings, under downloads, I recommend enabling “shader pre-caching” as well as “allow background processing of vulkan shaders” so that ste can constantly compile shaders. It seems to make things work better “on the fly” as well. Nowadays I almost always hit skip on the shader dialogue.
Sometimes, not every time, my initial load into Apex has stuttering. This smooths out on my system after a minute or two, usually within the lobby. If it’s still happening once I am in the drop ship, I will take a late drop on my first game. Once it’s past all the shader compiling, it is buttery smooth the rest of the time. And keep in mind, this is not every time I play. Just sometimes. It’s way better than what my squaddies had last weekend.
That seems like a lot to say but I want to say it all so you don’t abandon ship because it’s choppy at first. That doesn’t last so stick it out. I haven’t had any chop or lag for weeks.
EDIT2: This is me playing on linux. ANy excuse to share this crazy win, no idea why we deserved to pull this off lol https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1961781842