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Obligatory reminder that this comparison is versus vanilla wine, and gamers (steam) haven't been using vanilla wine for many years.
Versus esync or fsync, ntsync doesn't bring any particular performance benefit. But it may bring more consistent fps, and is actually supported in the kernel and now wine.
Just don't expect 100 more fps, or even 10.
Not all gamers use Steam or Proton exclusively, or at all.
Some of us even make custom Wine builds.
This is a welcome change, regardless of whether you have a use for it.