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S3 Linux Driver Outperforms Its Windows Twin In Nexuiz

Posted by timothy on from the battle-of-the-benchmarks dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Chrome Center has done some benchmarks with the proprietary S3 Chrome 400/500 Driver on Linux and Windows. They compared Nexuiz frame rates on a Phenom II system with a S3 430 GT — the surprising result: The Linux driver outperforms its Windows equivalent, offering frame rates about twice as high on average. The question now: Is the Linux driver that good or the Windows driver that bad?"

3 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Only Minimum framereat changes by GMFTatsujin · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought it was the song that remains the same.

    I must be getting old.

  2. Frame rate twice as high.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You mean it's 2fps instead of 1fps?

    This is S3 we're talking about right?

  3. Obligatory bad car analogy by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    The S3 drivers for Windows and Linux are like a Ferrari and Lamborghini. Pretty close by themselves. But the Ferrari (Windows driver) is hitched to a trailer loaded with a backhoe (Windows).

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