Comments on: Steam available on Linux soon?

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:14:33 +0000

Ok, it looks like this whole Steam thing was a typo. The game will be available on Linux, but not trough Steam. See http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17769#post79168

By: леха

леха — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:51:01 +0000

Try openarena/quake3 for comparison. Windows has better performance in those games.

Also opensource-ati driver wont run any wine games.. bad opensource. bad ati.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:48:08 +0000

Yes, you need the proprietary drivers to get correct 3D performance for now. I have the opposite experience with OpenGL games, Linux performance is slightly better than on Windows (X-Plane for example). Of course if you use DirectX games with Wine, Windows should be better as expected

By: леха

леха — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:39:44 +0000

hmm i have correct one, opensorce one, ati. with no correct 3d support.

but i also tried nvidia binary on other machines, 1.5 – 2x times slower then under windows.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:34:33 +0000

Well, it depends if you have a correct 3D driver…

By: леха

леха — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:58:57 +0000

anyway, linux has bad performance for games.