Posted by: Anonymous
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on March 14, 2008 01:42 AM
I'm amazed at how much moaning the comments on here are about drivers.
With nVidias drives over the last couple of years, they really have not been the problem (although of course there is always room for improvement). Heck, even SLI works under Linux.
The fact of the matter is that games are still using Direct3D/DirectX as opposed to something a little more cross platform like Open GL/SDL/etc and are compiled for Windows only.
If you look at any of the games that are native cross platform like Doom 3, EVE Online, Quake 4, UT2004...the performance difference between Windows and Linux is very small. In some cases its even better under Linux (UT2004's loading times for example)
I love Linux as much as the next guy, but our market just isn't big enough for most company's to even consider. Heck, with Vista being a farce, gaming under Windows is getting bad enough. I never thought I'd see the day I owned a console but now I own both a 360 and a Wii because they are fun and don't require any arseing about :)
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 82.47.0.158] on March 14, 2008 01:42 AMWith nVidias drives over the last couple of years, they really have not been the problem (although of course there is always room for improvement). Heck, even SLI works under Linux.
The fact of the matter is that games are still using Direct3D/DirectX as opposed to something a little more cross platform like Open GL/SDL/etc and are compiled for Windows only.
If you look at any of the games that are native cross platform like Doom 3, EVE Online, Quake 4, UT2004...the performance difference between Windows and Linux is very small. In some cases its even better under Linux (UT2004's loading times for example)
I love Linux as much as the next guy, but our market just isn't big enough for most company's to even consider. Heck, with Vista being a farce, gaming under Windows is getting bad enough. I never thought I'd see the day I owned a console but now I own both a 360 and a Wii because they are fun and don't require any arseing about :)
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