The moment many have been waiting for, Feral Interactive have just announced that Rise of the Tomb Raider for Linux will release tomorrow, April 19th. As a reminder, this title will be using Vulkan.
I honestly haven't felt this hyped up for quite some time! April is turning out to be a damn fun month for Linux gaming.
Here's what Feral sent along for the official system requirements:
Minimum
OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Processor: Intel Core i3-4130T or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2GB AMD R9 285 (GCN 3rd Gen and above), 2GB Nvidia GTX 680 or better
Storage: 28 GB available space
Recommended
OS: Ubuntu 17.10
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K
Memory: 12 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 980Ti
Storage: 28 GB available space
For NVIDIA GPU users, you will need the latest 396.18 beta driver at a minimum. For AMD GPU users, you will need Mesa 17.3.5, although if you're on Vega you will need Mesa 18.0 or later. AMD GCN 1st and 2nd generation graphics cards are not supported, Intel GPUs are also not supported.
Also, it requires an SSE2 capable processor.
We shall have a review out tomorrow at release and likely a livestream, so do ensure you're following us on Twitch.
If you wish to pick it up now, you can do so on the Humble Store, Feral Store or Steam directly. If you're worried about it not counting for Linux, Feral themselves have said publicly they're happy for people to buy games when they've announced them.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Eike12 GB RAM?!?To be fair, the only Feral game I've ever had any trouble with despite barely meeting the minimum spec (actually slightly under it, in that case) was Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. And even that was playable. I think I'll wait to hear how others get on, though.
*spitting out the water he just had in his mouth*
Wow.
Quoting: DuncTo be fair, the only Feral game I've ever had any trouble with despite barely meeting the minimum spec (actually slightly under it, in that case) was Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. And even that was playable. I think I'll wait to hear how others get on, though.
Deus Ex was the only game ever I had to delay playing until the next hardware upgrade, due to sometimes dropping to single digit fps counts.
My box fits the minimum requirements of RotTB, so I guess I'll be fine here.
Last edited by drlamb on 18 April 2018 at 12:08 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: LeopardIn regards to that new NVIDIA driver, NVIDIA seem to be closely watching DXVK and have made adjustments to improve it: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/267#issuecomment-382147467Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: LeopardPersonally, I wouldn't say it was odd. On Windows, NVIDIA and AMD both put out new drivers that are needed for a lot of AAA releases. There's always a reason behind it :)Quoting: EikeQuoting: LeopardNo , but you gotta aim higher. We need tons of AAA's.
Sure, but I would count RofTR as AAA already.
(And a quick Google search seems to agree on this.)
I didn't say anything like ; Tomb Raider is not AAA though.
Btw , 396.18 driver need is a bit odd.
But from what i saw , it is kinda problematic with its new technique for shaders.
So...Wine being used with DXVK is actually helping NVIDIA's Linux driver.
I didn't say anything about Wine at all.
Why do you come up with it?
If it is beneficial , than it is very welcome. I just think spending money for Wine titles is absurd , that's all.
In fact , donating to Wine and buying native Linux games much more sense.
I'm a Wine user too , not a hardcore one though.
Quoting: LeopardNo need to get defensive there. We are on the subject of drivers and I thought it was interesting how Wine + DXVK is helping NVIDIA improve their driver :)Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: LeopardIn regards to that new NVIDIA driver, NVIDIA seem to be closely watching DXVK and have made adjustments to improve it: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/267#issuecomment-382147467Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: LeopardPersonally, I wouldn't say it was odd. On Windows, NVIDIA and AMD both put out new drivers that are needed for a lot of AAA releases. There's always a reason behind it :)Quoting: EikeQuoting: LeopardNo , but you gotta aim higher. We need tons of AAA's.
Sure, but I would count RofTR as AAA already.
(And a quick Google search seems to agree on this.)
I didn't say anything like ; Tomb Raider is not AAA though.
Btw , 396.18 driver need is a bit odd.
But from what i saw , it is kinda problematic with its new technique for shaders.
So...Wine being used with DXVK is actually helping NVIDIA's Linux driver.
I didn't say anything about Wine at all.
Why do you come up with it?
If it is beneficial , than it is very welcome. I just think spending money for Wine titles is absurd , that's all.
In fact , donating to Wine and buying native Linux games much more sense.
I'm a Wine user too , not a hardcore one though.
Luckily there is a AUR package.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nvidia-beta/
Quoting: OlliCLuckily there is a AUR package.
It seems we Debian users should follow these instructions:
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Building_newer_releases_from_SVN
lucifertdark Apr 18, 2018
Quoting: LeopardPlease accept my apologies, I completely missed the point. It's not like it's blindingly obvious is it? ;)Quoting: lucifertdarkQuoting: LeopardTomb Raider is not AAA though.Yes it is.
Quoting: LeopardBtw , 396.18 driver need is a bit odd.The most recently released drivers, Vulkan needs them to run properly I guess.
Just read my post again.
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