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Old 05-31-17, 01:03 AM   #16
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I keep forgetting about this...

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins View Post
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There will come a time when Linux will play games better than Windows and will not discriminate between microprocessors.

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Actually...to a degree, it already does, or did...
in part:

https://www.theverge.com/2012/8/2/32...pengl-direct3d
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At first, Valve's Linux port of Left 4 Dead 2 ran at only 6 FPS on the i7 machine, but after tweaking the game to make effective use of the efficient characteristics of the Linux kernel and OpenGL, the Valve Linux team was able to eke out a much higher 315 FPS. Using the same machine running Windows 7 and Direct3D, the same game ran at 270.6 FPS, or roughly 14 percent slower.
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I saw your statement RR, but I was focusing on answering Commander Wallace's question about multi-thread games, and I forgot to post this...

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