NVIDIA Performance On Linux, Solaris, & Vista

AtomBOB suggests a Phoronix review comparing the performance of a Quadro graphics card on Windows Vista Ultimate, Solaris Express Developer, and Ubuntu Linux. The graphics card used was a NVIDIA Quadro FX 1700 mid-range workstation part. The cross-platform benchmark used was SPECViewPerf 9.0 from SPEC. Quoting Phoronix: "Using the Quadro FX1700 512MB and the latest display drivers, Windows Vista wasn't the decisive winner, but the loser... Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 5 with the 169.12 driver had overall produced the fastest results within SPECViewPerf. In only three benchmarks had Solaris Express Developer 1/08 outpaced Ubuntu Linux, but with two of these tests the results were almost identical.""

Comments

Re:Why does it fucking matter anyways?

[robzon]

Communist linsux doesn't have any real software to take advantage of the hardware. Where are the fucking games? Aww, go to your mommy tell on those bad, bad, nasty Linux developers that they don't want to play with you. She'll find you new friends. Maybe even soothe your wail with a nice mug of coco and a hug. Grow up.

Re:the difference does not matter.

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, you sound a lot like twitter, except if I recall, twitter knew how to use the apostrophe correctly. "...Windows has lost it is graphics crown." Makes about as much sense as the rest of your post.

Re:Headline is misleading!

[X.25]

One could say that it's very popular but at my last check, PCLinuxOS was more popular. http://www.distrowatch.com/ agrees. There is a lot I do not agree with when it comes to Ubuntu and I am not surprised that it's not performing that well.

You should probably read an article first, before making an idiot out of yourself (too late for that now, though).

Why is my Linux desktop so slow then?

[jkells]

Latest NVIDIA drivers 7800GTX card and the new KDE and gnome with there transparent windows are jerky and slow. This is 2008 ppl.

Re:Why does it fucking matter anyways?

[robzon]

Again - grow up.