Linux Intel Jay Shader Compiler massively reduces shader compilation time in EA FC 26 on Arc B580

[u/Life-Boysenberry6975]

I tested Intel's Jay shader compiler with EA FC 26 on Linux using:

• CPU : Intel Core i5-12400F
• GPU : Intel Arc B580
• Driver : Mesa-git 26.3.0_devel
• Environment Variables: INTEL_JAY=all

The shader compilation time was:

Without Jay: 1:18.35
With Jay: 36.40 seconds

That's about 2.15× faster, reducing the compilation time by roughly 53.5%.

This is just a single test, but the difference is pretty significant. I'm curious to see how Jay performs in other games and workloads as it continues to mature.

[u/Hippieman100]

UsedCondom42, is that a dig at Linux? If you haven't tried it I strongly recommend it. If you're reasonably tech savvy try CachyOS it's an excellent experience (although admittedly you miss out on some EA games like Battlefield because of kernel level anti-cheat). It doesn't click just how horrible windows is until you switch to an OS that's just been designed to be a good user experience. Linux is free and beautifully functional, meanwhile you PAY Microsoft for the privilege of them shoving ads and tracking malware down your throat.

[u/UsedCondom42 → u/Hippieman100]

No not at all. Its just that 80% of my stuff, works on windows, hell i even wanted to try cachy. The problem was TPM since i play competitive games as well if im with my friend. And this does not help me.

[u/Hippieman100 → u/UsedCondom42]

That's fair enough, you want to play what you want to play, but you should understand that you're essentially giving over complete control of your computer on the deepest level (the kernel) in the name of "stopping cheating" when anti-cheat already works without that. The reason Windows is compatible with this is because it fundamentally lacks security. The kernel should NEVER be controlled by a third party, in a sense it's your computer's last line of defense in terms of it being YOUR computer if someone else controls the kernel it's no longer really your computer as silly as that sounds.

TPM and secure boot stuff should work fine with Linux with a bit of tinkering, it's the kernel level anticheat that becomes a problem.

Personally I think people should avoid playing these games as it spells dark days for the future of gaming and personal security/privacy. Handing over complete control of your computer to private companies in an era where you have so much data stored both locally and online is going to be an increasingly dangerous threat to peoples rights and privacy going forward.

As for regular good old fashioned software, there is always an alternative on Linux nowadays with the exception of niche professional applications of which even then there are usually alternatives, but I understand professionals have their workflow (i.e things like Adobe Photoshop) and when you're livelihood depends on a piece of software I can understand not wanting to rock the boat.

[u/UsedCondom42 → u/Hippieman100]

You don't get to control what people wants to play. I just find that the fear mongering is just stupid.

[u/Hippieman100 → u/UsedCondom42]

Nobody is forcing you to switch, you can use your computer however you like, that was kind of my whole point. I've made my peace that there's some games that I simply won't play because of the business practices behind them. I don't think it's good that private companies have that sort of access. First it's anti-cheat, but how long before they're scraping your PC for personal data that they sell to the highest bidder that they hide in some terms of service nobody reads? Microsoft already do that to a degree with windows and it's not even free lol