Two years ago, I switched to Linux on my gaming PC. People kept telling me that it could perform way better than Windows when it comes to FPS, frame pacing and input latency, and when I tried it out, it did feel a lot better. The internet is full of advice on optimizing Linux for gaming: I play competitive FPS games, so low latency, consistent frame times and high FPS matter to me. On Linux, there are countless settings to tweak for this (magic env vars, gamescope, gamemode, even more DXVK...

Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK
Marco Nett

