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Feral Interactive are teasing yet another Linux & Mac port on their radar
3 May 2016 at 1:49 pm UTC Likes: 8

They are porting Ubuntu (djembé is an african instrument) to Windows 10 (a spacious window in which you watch the sky) with half the performance... oh, wait! :P

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 April 2016 at 8:45 pm UTC

Here are the benchmarks under Windows 7 with Radeon Crimson 15.12 drivers (see here for my PC specs:

V-sync was disabled, FullHD resolution

Low
MIN: 122.6, MAX: 198.4, AVG: 162.0

Normal
MIN: 86.0, MAX: 126.5, AVG: 102.1

High
MIN: 70.0, MAX: 107.0, AVG: 88.7

Ultra
MIN: 46.6, MAX: 72.0, AVG: 59.0

Extreme
MIN: 18.9, MAX: 40.8, AVG: 28.9

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 April 2016 at 8:08 pm UTC

So I managed to run it on my Manjaro Linux and AMD graphics card with open source drivers. Note that to do so I used 32 bit libraries not bundled with the game, so take this report just as a personal note.

My specs:
CPU AMD A10-7850K, 16 GB RAM DDR3 2133 Mhz
GPU AMD 7850 1 GB GDDR5
Kernel 4.5.2, Mesa 11.2.1, LLVM 3.7.1, libDRM 2.4.67
xf86-video-ati 7.7.0, XOrg 1.17
Driver used: radeonsi

Game was run at 1980x1080 resolution. Graphics drivers crashes if I run the game with graphics settings to anything above "Low", but benchmark works. On "low" settings the game suffers stuttering usually near a quick time event, making the experience very disappointing. Sometimes it skips entire sequences because of stuttering. The game isn't smooth, because the FPS oscillate.

Benchmarks results:
"Normal"
MIN: 6.9, MAX: 75.2, AVG: 56.0

"High"
MIN: 5.4, MAX: 67.7, AVG: 50.6

"Low"
MIN: 4.9, MAX: 84.8, AVG: 64.0

I will publish benchmarks under Windows 7, same PC, ASAP.

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 April 2016 at 7:10 pm UTC

It's not launching on my Manjaro Linux (Arch Linux derivative) with radeonsi and mesa 11.2.1 because of some missing 32-bit libraries, I'm working on a fix...

Lionsgate and Steam team up to offer over 100 films on Steam
25 April 2016 at 6:47 pm UTC Likes: 9

Publishers never learn from years and years of piracy: offer DRM free content, in mkv, at 1080p and 720p resolution and x264, x265 codec or an open one and you'll win the Internet. Be fair with your customers!

Steam Client Beta updated, fixes performance with Vulkan and Steam Overlay
15 April 2016 at 10:57 am UTC Likes: 2

Will they ever fix the Steam Runtime to run with open source graphics drivers?

Saints Row 2 & Saints Row: The Third released for Linux & SteamOS, also on sale
14 April 2016 at 7:19 pm UTC Likes: 2

Tested Saints Row 3 using the radeonsi open source driver on an AMD Radeon 7850 graphics card: resolution was automatically set at 1028x720 with medium detail. The game is playable in the first level, then, when you are on the streets it suffers the same low FPS problems as seen in Saints Row 4 (goes below 20 fps).

My PC full specs:
CPU AMD A10-7850K, 16 GB RAM 2133Mhz
GPU AMD Radeon 7850 with 2 GB DDR5
SO: Manjaro Linux (an Arch Linux derivative)
Xorg 1.17
xf86-video-ati 7.6.1
mesa 11.1.2
LLVM 3.7.1

Two Worlds: Epic Edition now available for Linux in beta form, uses Wine
7 April 2016 at 6:59 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: subIs this a Winelib port or the Windows game packaged and preconfigured in Wine?

Runs in a WINE sandbox.