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Review of Doom 3 on Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the comparing-windows-to-penguins dept.

yamla writes "Doom 3 was released for Linux sometime last week. LinuxHardware.org decided to test how well it runs compared to the Windows version. Read the article here, including some technical information from the id Software employee who did the Linux port, Timothee Besset." AnandTech has a similar review available.

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  1. Executive summary (=for the lazy who don't RTFA) by forged · · Score: 5, Informative
    • only nVidia GPUs are supported now. ATI's are just not supported by ID at this point in time
    • the same features are supported on both platforms
    • the win32 version is noticeably (25-50%) faster when using higher-end video hardware than the linux version
    • in lower quality settings, both versions are about the same.

    That's it folks. For more boring details, well RTFA :)

  2. Re:Executive summary (=for the lazy who don't RTFA by mobets · · Score: 5, Informative

    You forgot to mention that a large part of this performance difference is likely due to the lack of SSE2 instructions in the linux version. This will be fixed as he finishes porting the ASM from the windows source.

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  3. did anyone else by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    find it funny that the screenshots are near-total black!

    (reading in a well lit office)