Does Linux use less RAM? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by TRex91@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Games need more RAM, but prices are abysmal. Unfortunate, I know. But before you empty your wallet for an upgrade, what if the answer is switching to the penguin side? I ran two identical test benches in real-world workloads to find out if ditching Windows is the only memory upgrade you actually need.

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[-] harcesz@szmer.info 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

tl;dw: yes

[-] artyom@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago

🤯

[-] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I thought it was tl;dw for watch.

[-] harcesz@szmer.info 8 points 2 months ago

It is, but only earlier in the night when my mind still grammars.

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