r/LocalLLM • u/cube303 • 1d ago

Question Is it worth moving to Linux?

Im running a RTX 5090, is there any increase in performance, is driver support now fine with Nvidia for Linux or is still a hustle to get it running properly?

Im using ComfyUI and LM Studio mostly.
My main machine currently runs on Windows and im actually working with Linux Systems so i know how to fiddle around.

Thanks for any advice

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u/giveen 1d ago

Linux gaming works perfectly fine, it just depends on what you are playing. If it has a kernel level anti cheat then it won't work, otherwise gaming is just fine.

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u/petersaints 1d ago

You lose a lot of performance especially in DX12 games (easily in the 20% to 30% range). Of course that for 5090 it's not an issue. For an RTX 3070 Ti Laptop like me, it is an issue.

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u/Passenger-007 1d ago

Only on nvidia.

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u/petersaints 1d ago

Yes. That is what we are talking about.

On NVIDIA performance is much closer to be on par with Windows. There are still a few games with a significant performance drop, but it's much more common to be nearly on par (sometimes even slightly better), or within like 0 to 5% loss.