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Valve's L4D2 Is Faster On Linux Than Windows
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Originally posted by GreatEmerald View PostYea, I'm somewhat confused here, too. They used an NVIDIA card for benchmarking, yet they collaborated with Intel when fixing performance issues?.. How does that work?
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Originally posted by 9a3eedi View PostWith DirectX, everything is in one nice little package provided by Microsoft, but OpenGL only comes with a graphics library, and no input/sound/video libraries, which DirectX provides.
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Originally posted by BO$$ View PostThis fps improvement was actually predictable knowing that the linux kernel is much better optimized than windows. Also windows is just shit when it comes to memory management...and since opengl is the only way in linux the drivers are probably better optimized than in windows where direct shit is king.
As a side question. Why are people still programming for directx? It works only on windows. Program for opengl and you make your engine more portable from the start for if (actually when) you'll port it to linux. It's not like directx is so much easier than opengl.... brainwashed devs..
First, yes, DX is easier. Eaxh individual component is notably easier is some aspect and DX is easier overall due to integrating all components into one.
Second, yes, it was a predictable improvement, but not for those reasons. The real reason is this is a highly skilled team which took the arguably most stable game Valve has and spent a year porting and optimizing it, effectively rewriting a lot of code, while the Windows version relies on ages-old code in a state just "good enough" where Valve doesn't need to optimize it.
I'm as much of a Linux enthusiast as anyone, but no need for fud and lies here.
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Originally posted by Hamish Wilson View PostBut surely that is comparing Apples and Oranges there isin't it? You can compare Direct3D to OpenGL, but for the rest it is SDL that provides a similar or even arguably better feature set to DirectX (at the very least on Linux but also on other systems as well).
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