Windows 8 Outperforming Ubuntu Linux With Intel OpenGL Graphics

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Windows 8 Outperforming Ubuntu Linux With Intel OpenGL Graphics: In our benchmarks of Microsoft Windows 8, we have found that Intel's Windows OpenGL driver is generally superior to that of their open-source Linux graphics driver. Some progress has been made, but in today's testing of an ASUS Ultrabook bearing an Ivy Bridge processor, Linux has a ways to go for some games in matching the Windows binary performance and features.