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I use an AMD card, playing on Bazzite. How and when, do i know when its best to use Vulkan or Directx on linux?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

If you have an Nvidia GPU definitely pick DirectX. On AMD it's more of a tossup, depends on the game and the features in question but generally it won't need to translate OpenGL, so it has higher maximum performance potential.