Review of Linux Gaming Using WineX 2.0

Ceyx writes "Toms Hardware ist running an Interesting review of DirectX Gaming under Linux using WineX. An interesting point is that the native Quake3 Arena runs faster with Linux then with windows." I had the good luck to play Jedi Knight Outcast and Return To Castle Wolfenstein at my friend's house, and it was really pretty good. The numbers show just how good the Linux drivers from nVidia are, so mad props to Mark V and his co-workers ...

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Oh PLEASE

[Winterblink]

Nice comment from the writer about it being interesting how the Linux drivers were quicker than Windows. Check the benchmark graphs. They're almost entirely equal. Move to the next page you see the Linux drivers completely blow away the Windows ones when playing Max Payne, but the auther admits below them that he got those by lowering the texture quality of the game on Linux, and the comparison graphs are against the Windows version running at max quality. Some comparison.

Are Frame Rates Capped In WineX?

[Lethyos]

Looking at the benchmarks for Quake III, I immediately asked myself, "is TransGaming capping the frame rate?" It seems quite unlikely that all three benchmarks with vastly different settings would yield the same results without any intentional influence. Thanks to the closed source nature of WineX, it seems possible to me that TransGaming will do what many other software companies have done to encourage users to buy upgrades: cripple a product that people can't live without. Maybe WineX 2.1 will boast higher rates than 60fps. Shady.