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Linux is great for windows games!
LAGMAN:
I Don't know if everyone knows this, but Wine runs Quake 3 faster then windows 98SE does (with the latest drivers and fresh install)
windows: 70-90FPS
slackware 8: 100-110
basicly any quake 3 based game is gonna run faster in linux, and I think openGL looks better too.
Sad on window's part? I think so.
Gimmie a "Shit YEAH!" if you think Linux is ready for gaming.
FYI: I am new to the fourms, this is my first post. HI EVERYONE!
mobrien_12:
Fascinating. Do you know how it compares to the naitive Linux version?
DC:
Ready for gaming? Hell yeah
Ready for Win gaming? HELL NO.
Win games usually use directx. Directx needs to be *emulated*. This is imperfect (can cause crashes, may not work at all sometimes - well, often) and slow as hell.
OpenGL and usual window API's can be 'translated' so they run faster than directx. Faster than windows itself is odd, but possible (and a clear example that linux is superior on this).
But even that can fail sometimes. Running Win games on Linux is generally a bad thing and shouldn't be done unless no alternative is available (which is - sadly - usually the case in games).
Native Linux games work great - see Quake 3. Sadly there aren't many.
The Auditor:
The only possible complain i have about linux..
that it cant run Windows games...
However, we could change this to "Games arent being made for Linux.."
this is what i want, more Linux games.
just so i can kill off my boredom at those moments of IRC lulling.
*sigh*
The Auditor
smokey:
I agree that WINE should be used as a last resort however I have hade some success running Half-Life and its Mod's. They even work for online gaming which I was really happy about.
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