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The Nvidia drivers for Linux are very nice. Tom's hardware has shown that
they are faster than their windows counterparts. Of course Loki is down the
toilet but their games still run well. Many games, like Quake 3 and the
upcoming Neverwinter Nights, have a native linux code base and run very
quick. Of course game performance is largely influenced by your video card
and available RAM. TransGaming has DirectX implemented on Linux but games
running under their DirectX implementation lose quite a bit a frame rate
relative to their performance under windows. It is getting better every day
however. I have played Sim City 3K and Quake 3 on my Linux box and
thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Joel Dudley
Faculty Research Associate
Arizona State University
Kumar Laboratory of Evolutionary Functional Genomics
http://lsweb.la.asu.edu/skumar/
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From: Mark Berkwitt [
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Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:24 PM
To: PLUG
Subject: Does Linux do games well?
How good is linux for games?
Linux has a rep for running more efficiently on older hardware than W*.
Is there a website that lists games available to linux and minimal hardware
needed for them?
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The Nvidia drivers for Linux are very nice. Tom's =
hardware has shown that they are faster than their windows =
counterparts. Of course Loki is down the toilet but their games still =
run well. Many games, like Quake 3 and the upcoming Neverwinter Nights, =
have a native linux code base and run very quick. Of course game =
performance is largely influenced by your video card and available RAM. =
TransGaming has DirectX implemented on Linux but games running under =
their DirectX implementation lose quite a bit a frame rate relative to =
their performance under windows. It is getting better every day =
however. I have played Sim City 3K and Quake 3 on my Linux box and =
thoroughly enjoyed the experience. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Joel Dudley</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Faculty Research Associate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Arizona State University</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Kumar Laboratory of Evolutionary Functional =
Genomics</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:24 PM</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>How good is linux for games?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Linux has a rep for running more efficiently on older =
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Is there a website that lists games available to =
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