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Open-Source GPU Drivers Show Less Than Ideal Experience For SteamOS/Linux Gaming (phoronix.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Phoronix's recent 22-Way SteamOS Graphics Card Comparison showed that NVIDIA wins across the board when it comes to closed-source OpenGL driver performance. However, when it comes to the open-source driver performance for Steam Linux gaming, no one is really the winner. A new article, "Are The Open-Source Graphics Drivers Good Enough For Steam Linux Gaming?" answers that question with "heck no" by its author. While AMD is generally regarded as having better open-source support, their newer graphics cards still can't run at their rated clock frequencies due to lack of power management support, the lack of enough OpenGL 4.x support means many AAA Linux games simply cannot run yet, not enough QA means regressions are common, and other issues were noted when it comes to testing a number of modern graphics cards on the open-source drivers.
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Just started using linux Mint - with no internet connection only one CUBE runs well on http://itsfoss.com/cube-lets-i....
Long story short Charter.com hacked me, keylogger (firewall caught that one) and much more
all because they thought I owned them $100 (I had auto payments setup). Cell phone number was reused and flagged.
Turned off the system and now in the process of using linux chntpw capturing what they did, and will send it to the appropriate people.
My windows era is over.
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Haven't played any games with Linux yet, but have every intention of going to the Steam or SteamOS and playing what they have available.
I have an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, reading the article I'm going to be doing rather well. While it may not of come out on top other than Performance Per Dollar, it can handle all that was tested; each at least above 60 FPS lowest 90, and all at very low temps.