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minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThe performance differences in those benchmarks are remarkable if true.
minus-squarenarc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoVs. upstream Wine which doesn’t have Fsync. Proton does and so the difference is way smaller (if any).
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAh; do you have any idea how different fsync vs these kernel ntsync changes would be?
minus-squarenarc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFrom the top of my head of the few numbers I’ve seen it ranges from no improvement at all to solid improvements depending on the game. I think Cyberpunk is one of the games that benefit from ntsync vs fsync quite substantially.
The performance differences in those benchmarks are remarkable if true.
Vs. upstream Wine which doesn’t have Fsync. Proton does and so the difference is way smaller (if any).
Ah; do you have any idea how different fsync vs these kernel ntsync changes would be?
From the top of my head of the few numbers I’ve seen it ranges from no improvement at all to solid improvements depending on the game. I think Cyberpunk is one of the games that benefit from ntsync vs fsync quite substantially.