I don't get what you want to benchmark? You can not compare something that does not work on both systems.
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Originally posted by Kano View PostI don't get what you want to benchmark? You can not compare something that does not work on both systems.
I don't have a complete answer, but I think we should:
- find a way to test performance of non-graphics apps (for example: opening complex documents multiple times, saving them, converting them to different formats, compressing large files, video and audio conversion, video stream).
For most of these tasks you have cross-platform apps (OpenOffice, Audacity, VLC, GIMP, ... and a combination of them in parallel)
My point is/was that if you test "speed" only using 3D apps, you're bound to see the difference between the graphic drivers, not the OS (and by that I mean, scheduler, disk access, memory management ...)
- when talking about games, I think we should have a look at graphics quality as well. I don;t know if any of the games tested have a DirectX version in Windows or not. If so, I think it makes sense to include them in the picture, as well as doing a "quality" comparison between openGL and DirectX.
You ask "why", given the Ubuntu does not support DirectX? Because if you want to compare games between the two platforms you'd need to consider that Windows does have an "advantage" (for lack of a better word) of offering DirectX which MAY give a speed/quality advantage over OpenGL.
Would it be comparing apples to oranges? Partially yes, but, frankly, because of the large difference in development between drivers and games between Linux and Windows, I think we are already comparing apples to oranges, even if we use the same titles.
Hope this makes a bit more sense.
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Kano,
I will give you another example: I was just reading this review:
Atom was designed to be a low-cost, low-power solution, but its value in the desktop space is debatable if you consider performance. We pit the cheapest Core i3 against Intel's Atom on a performance-per-dollar and a per-watt basis to see which is better.
You can see a comparison using "everyday" software, most of which is independent from the graphic card.
While some of the tools used in this review are Windows-specific, *all* of the tests can be done with cross-platform tools.
I would love to see the same suite applied, on the same HW, to Ubuntu vs Windows.
When comparing two OSes, I would also add multi-tasking tests with a combination of multiple of the tests run in parallel.
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lame would certainly work on both, you just need to use a "reference" binary then, on linux you compile it from scratch using the default compiler. 7zip benchmark could be possibly used as multithreaded benchmark. basically the raw speed should not differ that much on a multicore system. what slows win down is not even benchmarked here as the test system runs without virusscan. depending on the actual used anti-virus tool the slowdowns range from a bit to extreme. especially single core systems suffer from av. the only "game" used in the benchmarks that has got a dx render is unigine, and dx10 definitely looks the same as opengl there.
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Originally posted by Kano View Postlame would certainly work on both, you just need to use a "reference" binary then, on linux you compile it from scratch using the default compiler. 7zip benchmark could be possibly used as multithreaded benchmark. basically the raw speed should not differ that much on a multicore system. what slows win down is not even benchmarked here as the test system runs without virusscan. depending on the actual used anti-virus tool the slowdowns range from a bit to extreme. especially single core systems suffer from av. the only "game" used in the benchmarks that has got a dx render is unigine, and dx10 definitely looks the same as opengl there.
You can't compare "winrar" but you could use the command line version which is available on both.
PDF document creation: you can do it in many apps (OpenOfice come sto mind): you don't have to use Adobe.
Same for image processing: you can use GIMP instead of Photoshop.
Only two tools are not available cross-platform: Winzip and Fritz.
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Originally posted by jalyst View PostExcellent 1st instalment, love your work!
I don't suppose you could compare both from a HTPC/PVR usage perspective?
I'm sure there's lots folks that'd love to know how they compare in this regard!
Cheers
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I'd like to see a comprehensive comparison for DVB-T/C/S capture (inc encrypted PayTV), transcoding facilities, VA abilities, ripping, depth & utility of PVR functions (choose myth or VDR?) etc.
Anything one might want to do with a HTPC/PVR....
I think each platforms would have distinct pros and cons, seeing this presented in a methodical/formalised review would be awesome!
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Originally posted by jalyst View PostI'd like to see a comprehensive comparison for DVB-T/C/S capture (inc encrypted PayTV), transcoding facilities, VA abilities, ripping, depth & utility of PVR functions (choose myth or VDR?) etc.
Anything one might want to do with a HTPC/PVR....
I think each platforms would have distinct pros and cons, seeing this presented in a methodical/formalised review would be awesome!
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