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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?"

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  1. Only Minimum framereat changes by BigBuckHunter · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What is curious is that only the minimum framerate seems to change (which bumps up the average). The max remains the same, which may indicate that the benchmark is CPU bound.

    BBH

    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. Vista by mrphoton · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I note that the tests were done using windows vista. I wonder if this could have anything to do with the encrypted video path.