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[News] Quake Wars 20% Faster on Linux Compared to Vista with ATI Cards

  • Subject: [News] Quake Wars 20% Faster on Linux Compared to Vista with ATI Cards
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:59:46 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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ATI: Linux vs. Windows Vista

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| Wow! We were completely blown away when our final results came in and the 
| Linux 8.42.3 driver had outperformed Windows Vista with Catalyst 7.10 in 
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. It wasn't just a neck-and-neck race but Linux 
| was about 10 frames per second faster when running at 1280 x 1024 and 1680 x 
| 1050.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=897&num=3

How about some second-class gaming under Microsoft Windows Vista?


Related:

SL Speed Showdown: Linux Tops Windoze

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| This was not a scientific study - only a small test which confirmed what I 
| thought I had "felt" already while using Second Life on my new PC. 
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http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/07/sl-speed-showdo.html


[Microsoft MVP] Foray into Feisty Fawn helped me take back my MIPS

,----[ Quote ]
| Long story short - World of Warcraft runs faster under Ubuntu/Wine than 
| natively under Windows XP Professional. 
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/plenderj/archive/2007/07/14/foray-into-feisty-fawn-helped-me-take-back-my-mips.aspx


Does WINE + Linux support more Windows apps than Vista?

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| WINE supports most of the applications which are made for Windows
| 2.0 up to Windows XP. WINE has the ability to run different versions
| of IE, run most of Adobe's products, run World of Warcraft, Half Life
| 2, Microsoft Office 2003, XP, 2000 and 97, Visio, Quicken,
| 
|     * Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
|     * Need for Speed Carbon
|    
| [...]
|
| What about drivers, hardware support, and upgrades?
|
| Want to upgrade you XP to Vista? no chance. might as well do a fresh 
| install and shell out $300.
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http://jagtalon.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/


Linux FPS [PCLinuxOS]

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| A few weeks ago I installed PCLinuxOS 2007 and I'm very impressed
| with it. One of the things I like is their package manager--everything 
| is there, you don't need to add any extra repositories (a popular 
| distro that starts with "U" infuriates me with all the mucking 
| around you have to do), and there are never any issues with 
| unresolved dependencies.
| 
| Anyway, last week I downloaded through the package manager a 
| game called Sauerbraten. It's a great multi player FPS. It's 
| completely free and very entertaining to play. 
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http://www.geekzone.co.nz/VanAlstine/3051


Because penguins need to play too.

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| The Windows camp have a lot of great games to play and a popular 
| misconception is that Linux is lacking in games. That is not true.
| There are literally thousands of games for Linux. In fact a lot of
| them have been ported to Windows too.
| 
| [...]
| 
| There are both free and commercial games available. Some of the best
| ones I really like are America's Army, Tremulous and Enemy Territory. 
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http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/linux/locutus/archives/because-penguins-need-to-play-too-14767


ET:QW Linux Demo Coming TODAY

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| We told you three days ago that the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Linux demo 
| was coming very soon. Well, we've just received confirmation that the Linux 
| demo client will be available today! A new ET:QW Windows demo update is 
| coming out about noon (CST) and the Linux demo will be out within a few hours 
| after that. We'll have more information then.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEyNg

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