Linux emulator that can run any Windows game?

[NR500R]

Do you think one day there will be a emulator that could run any Windows game on Linux?

[Mike]

There could be an 'emulator' but Wine is probably the fastest thing you can get since that's not an emulator. There IS Virtual Machines with direct GPU passthrough (allows the GPU to route directly through to the VM) which is how LinusTechTips back in the day did the multiple gamers using one system.

I'm by no means a pro, but I saw this wasn't answered so I figured I would answer it. :|

[Air]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Michael:

There could be an 'emulator' but Wine is probably the fastest thing you can get since that's not an emulator. There IS Virtual Machines with direct GPU passthrough (allows the GPU to route directly through to the VM) which is how LinusTechTips back in the day did the multiple gamers using one system.

I'm by no means a pro, but I saw this wasn't answered so I figured I would answer it. :|

To add to this, Wine will be able to properly play many games, but there are also games it cannot play(particularly newer games). You can look up a game on https://www.winehq.org/ to find out if it can run and if there are specific steps needed to be taken for it to run.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Not even Windows will be able to run all of them.
Because they will remove support for old stuff eventually.

That of course doesn't prevent someone else from offering that compatibility but I just wanted to state that.

As for whatever something will offer 100% support for everything Windows does? Even more so with 100% the same behavior? The later will unlikely happen. Well, unless Microsoft don't start to run Windows on Linux for some reason.

Run almost every game? I don't know. I don't know how much it runs now and how well.
Virtual machines (for hosted Windows) with direct access to the graphics card and good performance? Is that how it works already or is there a speed loss?

Atleast gaming on Linux is way better now than in the 90s.

[NR500R]

I don't game on Linux but I was just wondering if it's possible. I use Windows 10 for gaming and I use Manjaro Linux for my main operating system

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Opprinnelig skrevet av NR500r:

I don't game on Linux but I was just wondering if it's possible. I use Windows 10 for gaming and I use Manjaro Linux for my main operating system

Over 2000 of the games on Steam run on Linux straight up, AFAIK.

A bunch more you can likely run through wine.

[Cathulhu]

Wine
is
not an
Emulator

It's a wrapper. Big difference, in terms of performance and compatibility.

[Toupee Scalper]

I just read something the other day about running WIndows in a VM with GPU passthrough and getting very good performance. As long as your computer is capable of VT-D, and you have two GPUs (integrated counts) you should be able to set it up. Again, not an emulator, but finally proper performance.