Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Pragmata is a DX12 game, so on linux it does use DXVK to translate.
The performance got me surprised, because I was using high settings in both systems, including RT which on linux under AMD it usually underperforms.
Since I'm using Mint, I'm still stuck with outdated Mesa drivers, I'm pretty sure any other semi-rolling/Rolling distro/gaming distro is actually having Mesa 26, while I'm still with Mesa 25.2 (there is still Mesa 25.3 which did improve performance).
So I'm expecting people with gaming distros probably can archieve more parity or even better performance than Windows.
None the less, even with the Mesa 25.2, the results are surprising.
To boot up the game I had to go with Proton Experimental, given Proton 10 would return error on startup.
Also, there is no RT on Linux by default, you will need to enable apply this command at startup.
%command% /WineDetectionEnabled:False
With the results of the last 2 games, I feel like Linux is getting close to Windows much more faster than I expecting, sometimes excedding.
My actual Steam Library is 77% at Gold/Platinum on ProtonDB, where the rest of the 23% are online games, or ancient DRMs that don't work under Linux.
Also many games rated Silver, are actually ready to ascend to Gold, given that many of the issues are none existent and the feedback from the people it's just old.
Systems:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Ram: 2x8GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600MHZ CL 16
MBoard: MSI B450M Mortar Max
GPU: XFX RX 6700 XT SWFT 12GB VRAM (Limited to PCI-EX 3)
SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB
PSU: Corsair CX-550M
Software (Windows):
GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1
OS: Windows 11 PRO 25H2
Video Recorder: OBS
Monitor Stats & FPS Monitoring: MSI Afterburner 4.6.5
Software (Linux):
Compatibility Layer: Proton Experimental
GPU Drivers: Mesa 25.2.8
OS: Linux Mint 22.3
DE: Cinnamon 6.6.7
Kernel: 6.8.0
Video Recorder: OBS
Monitor Stats & FPS Monitoring: MangoHud 0.6.9.1
Video Editor: Shotcut
Pragmata is a DX12 game, so on linux it does use DXVK to translate.
The performance got me surprised, because I was using high settings in both systems, including RT which on linux under AMD it usually underperforms.
Since I'm using Mint, I'm still stuck with outdated Mesa drivers, I'm pretty sure any other semi-rolling/Rolling distro/gaming distro is actually having Mesa 26, while I'm still with Mesa 25.2 (there is still Mesa 25.3 which did improve performance).
So I'm expecting people with gaming distros probably can archieve more parity or even better performance than Windows.
None the less, even with the Mesa 25.2, the results are surprising.
To boot up the game I had to go with Proton Experimental, given Proton 10 would return error on startup.
Also, there is no RT on Linux by default, you will need to enable apply this command at startup.
%command% /WineDetectionEnabled:False
With the results of the last 2 games, I feel like Linux is getting close to Windows much more faster than I expecting, sometimes excedding.
My actual Steam Library is 77% at Gold/Platinum on ProtonDB, where the rest of the 23% are online games, or ancient DRMs that don't work under Linux.
Also many games rated Silver, are actually ready to ascend to Gold, given that many of the issues are none existent and the feedback from the people it's just old.
Systems:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Ram: 2x8GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600MHZ CL 16
MBoard: MSI B450M Mortar Max
GPU: XFX RX 6700 XT SWFT 12GB VRAM (Limited to PCI-EX 3)
SSD: Crucial MX500 500GB
PSU: Corsair CX-550M
Software (Windows):
GPU Drivers: AMD Adrenalin 26.3.1
OS: Windows 11 PRO 25H2
Video Recorder: OBS
Monitor Stats & FPS Monitoring: MSI Afterburner 4.6.5
Software (Linux):
Compatibility Layer: Proton Experimental
GPU Drivers: Mesa 25.2.8
OS: Linux Mint 22.3
DE: Cinnamon 6.6.7
Kernel: 6.8.0
Video Recorder: OBS
Monitor Stats & FPS Monitoring: MangoHud 0.6.9.1
Video Editor: Shotcut
