Total War Warhammer Gameplay and Performance on Ubuntu Linux (Native)
117Total War Warhammer running natively on Ubuntu 16.04 64bit!
This new title to Linux is brought to us by Feral Interactive, only shortly after the Windows release. We even get it before Mac players do! Usually we wait a year or longer!
In this video, I run TWW maxed out with the only exception to Anti-Aliasing. I kept that at FXAA, as it's a performance killer no matter the platform. The lowest point of performance is at 10:05 where I managed to get the fps to go down to 19.
We now have one of the heaviest games in terms of CPU usage of 2016 we can use to benchmark our system.
Total War Warhammer runs with OpenGL 4 on Linux currently. It is unknown if it will get Vulkan support, but if it does it will be sometime during or after H1 of 2017.
Saves are crossplatform, so you can save and play on Ubuntu and Windows without a hitch. Multiplayer however is not! Currently at the time of this video, Multiplayer is only Linux vs Linux.
Loading times seem to be insanely fast. This is in comparison to Total War Attila, which takes forever to load.
Total War Warhammer is one of the heavier titles of 2016, with a lot of AI units in the scenes along with high fidelity graphics. You will need both a high-end CPU and GPU for this one.
The FPS counter on the top left is the Steam Overlay fps counter for those wondering.
Overall, the simple verdict is that the game is stable and playable, but framerate wise it looks like it might be a while before we have any hardware on the market that can keep a steady 60fps at Ultra.
The Mesa open-source drivers are officially supported, so AMD and Intel users should be fine as long as you're running Mesa 13 or newer.
Feel like I might have missed any important information or have questions? Post in the comments! I'll answer if I can.
This video is recorded at 1080p 60fps. A Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4k was used to record the footage on a separate machine, so no performance loss happens due to recording.
If you love RTS games, enjoy the Warhammer universe, then Total War Warhammer is a must get for your Linux gaming library! If only multiplayer was cross-platform. This really is the achilles heel of this port.
Purchase and Download Total War Warhammer here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/364360/
or
https://store.feralinteractive.com/en/mac-linux-games/warhammertw/
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My main computer rig specs:
CPU - Intel i7-4770 3.4Ghz
GPU - Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB (375.20)
RAM - 16GB DDR3 ADATA 1600MHz
OS - Ubuntu 16.04 64Bit/Windows 10 Pro 64Bit (Dual Boot)
Video recorded using:
Media Express
Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4k
Audacity 2.0.6
Video edited using the following software:
KDENLIVE 15.12.3
GIMP 2.8.14
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