Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11, and Linux Gaming Just Got Windows-Level Frame Pacing

Valve has released Proton 11.0 Beta 1 for Linux gaming, rebased on Wine 11.

The update adds NTSync support, DXVK 2.7, VKD3D-Proton improvements, and launcher fixes.

Compatibility is expanding across games and launchers, including EA, Rockstar, and REDLauncher.

Overall, the beta reduces overhead and improves frame pacing and consistency, narrowing the Linux-versus-Windows performance gap.