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Intel Linux Driver Now Nearly As Fast As Windows OpenGL Driver

Posted by timothy on from the picture-parity dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver is now running neck-and-neck with the Windows 8.1 driver for OpenGL performance between the competing platforms when using the latest drivers for each platform. The NVIDIA driver has long been able to run at similar speeds between Windows and Linux given the common code-base, but the Intel Linux driver is completely separate from their Windows driver due to being open-source and complying with the Linux DRM and Mesa infrastructure. The Intel Linux driver is still trailing the Windows OpenGL driver in supporting OpenGL4."

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  1. woo by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    This should convince anyone that open source linux software can compete with windows, given 22 years.

    1. Re: woo by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Funny

      maybe windows 8.11, 'windows for podgroups'. not sure if that's an official project name or not...

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  2. Re:Intel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Punctuation is what triggers the bug!!!