installing a new kernel (zen probably?)

As someone who uses The Zen kernel, it hardly makes a difference for gaming.

The other patches to the kernel can be quite useful, though.

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ratbag is great, but doesn’t support Corsair peripherals.

It does, just not very well.

If you want both displays to run smoothly, the refresh rates must be integer multiples of one another.

E.g: as 55Hz+165Hz, or 72Hz+144Hz would work, but not 75Hz+144Hz.

Enabling VRR is as good as allowing tearing in almost all games.

I use VRR on sway, and it’s as low-latency as it gets.

Plus, no tearing nor juddering.

Huh. Curious if that’d actually work…

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It looks to be using BGR colors instead of RGB…

Meaning, Reds with look like blues, and vice versa, and greens will stay the same; which matches what’s going on in the video you linked.

Performance wise, does anyone know if Linux is actually better than Windows?

Depends. Linux does use less resources; so best case scenario, Linux gets more performance.

However, since must games don’t run natively on Linux, they have to be run through a compatibility layer like Proton, which has about an 5-8% performance hit.

Does anyone know the current state of VR Gaming in Linux?

Not sure, since I don’t own a VR headset. I heard Vive and Index headsets work pretty well, but Oculus not so much. VR Chat does have a gold rating on ProtonDB.

Where can I download Steam games in Linux?

Steam.

Is it a good idea to Dual Boot between Windows and Linux?

It’s fine, as long as you keep them on seperate drives. But considering you have a laptop, this might not be something you can do.

You can put the on the same drive, but Windows Update can break your Linux install.

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