Linked by Andrew Youll on Tue 27th Dec 2005 12:07 UTC, submitted by Phoronix
As 2005 comes to an end, both NVIDIA and ATI have fought a competitive battle not only when it comes to their hardware lineup but also display drivers for alternative operating systems. When discussing this subject matter, GNU/Linux users have been quick to criticize ATI Technologies whether it is due to poor installation support, distribution compatibility, rudimentary control panel, or simply the performance level of its drivers.
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2005-07-06
Has anyone benchmarked nvidia drivers on Windows versus on Linux. Maybe it is X or some kernel decision Linux has used that keeps it running at the same speed as Windows.
Nothing official, but DOOM3 runs just as fast in linux on my nVidia GeForce FX5600 as in Windows. Overall, DOOM3 is smoother in linux due to better filesystem handling, but I've never seen any issues on graphics being slower. In fact, Amercian McGee's Alice runs faster in linux via WINE than it does in Windows with DirectX.