How much is the speed drop from translation using Proton? Is it so big or just small? Hows the performance of cartoonish Windows only games? And whats your hardware and how much is the price? I’m sorry but I cannot test it myself because I’m still on my mobile. Can you also tell about how many games are compatible with Proton? What about non-popular games?
If you use WiFi instead of a cable, imo it’s worth it to use a WiFi chip/module that’s not from realtek. I’ve had insane amounts of trouble with their proprietary drivers and WiFi working crappy. Found lots of people having similar problems with realtek on Ubuntu here: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/WLAN/Karten/Realtek/ A WiFi module from e.g. Intel is 20-30€ an solves WiFi on Linux for me.