On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 02:08:02PM +0100, Brett Parker wrote:
In some tests run by the mad one^W^Wquinophex, I believe that he actually got *better* performance from the card in linux than windows...
I did get about 10% faster frame rates with Doom III in Linux compared to Windows. (Stock Ubuntu kernel+whichever Nvidia drivers Ubuntu ships with) I didn't spend all day tweaking the machine in either Windows or Linux though as I can't be bothered. Although, Unreal Tournament 2004 was about 15-25% faster in Windows compared to Linux.
The official ATI linux drivers are made by ATI... there are several open source drivers for various cards, depending on chipset.
...and of course ATI seem to suffer from confusing model syndrome. Where having a card with a higher model number than another doesn't mean it is any better. It also means that you can end up with a nasty card slap bang between 2 nice cards in the model range and end up buying the wrong one...
Adam