How much is the speed drop from translation using Proton? Is it so big or just small? Hows the performance of cartoonish Windows only games? And whats your hardware and how much is the price? I’m sorry but I cannot test it myself because I’m still on my mobile. Can you also tell about how many games are compatible with Proton? What about non-popular games?

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    16 hours ago

    How much is the speed drop from translation using Proton?

    The speed drop is negative. That is, it’s often actually faster.

    Yes, I know it doesn’t seem to make sense.

    • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Someone explained it in laymans terms as “imagine it not as a virtual machine, but more like a translation program converting windows-specific code into linux.”

      I did not fact-check if they are just pulling the explanation out of their ass tho, so please correct me if inaccurate.

      • AnAmericanPotato@programming.devEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        That’s correct. Wine, which is what Proton is based on, is not a VM or emulator. It is a re-implementation of key windows APIs so Windows EXEs can run. Assuming you’re on a x64 PC, the code is executing natively.