I find it annoying that I can never seem to get this comments page to loads in Mozilla Firefox, the Linux browser of choice.

If you're going to write articles about Linux, at least design your site in such a way that it doesn't use wacky javascript popups.

Personally, I think you should just make it a normal web link and be done with it.

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Eh, I'm writing this in Firefox :)

Anyway, nice results. Looks like 64-bit support in applications is what it will take for A64 to battle P4 on it's remaining home turf (encoding). Then again, it'd be interesting to see these benchmarks include Nocona.

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Wacky javascript links? Javascript is a standard, and with the popup manager in firefox/mozilla I don't see the issue. Enable popups for the site and your done.

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another reason to go the AMD route instead of intel

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WOW! Finally, some REAL benchmarks between 32-bit and 64-bit.

And I must say, if gains were saw across the board with non-64-bit optimized code, imagine what the jump will be with 64-bit optimized code!

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Another awesome article in an awesome series. I think it's great that quality linux benchmarking articles are finally starting to show up in reputable forums.

I can't wait for the linux video comparison. I think a good 64-bit distro review would also serve a purpose, especially if it focused on usability and maturity.

Keep up the good work.

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It's just too bad a crappy FX5600 was used for the gaming tests. Couldn't at least have dug up a FX5900?

Oh by the way... I'm writing this using Firefox as well... maybe someone needs to learn how to use Firefox's features that make it a "web browser of choice." :)

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Javescript links are wacky no matter how you look at it. There are myriad ways to design links to work when Javascript is disabled.

Anyhow, I echo #5. I am very encouraged by the performance gains that we are starting to see. Around 30% on UT2004 is amazing. Hopefully Microsoft will get their act together so that we'll start seeing similar performance on Win32.

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I am very glad to see linux benches from a reputable site for a change. It's just nice having some hard numbers/facts, that I can use to compare my hardware choices with. I am a hardcore linux gamer and would like to make a suggestion if possible. RTCW:ET and UT2k4 are great benches, but there are many other games you can bench with on linux like Savage and Quake3, UT2k3 and maybe even Medal of Honor:AA. It's just a suggestion to include more games if you do a vid card roundup on linux later on or even if it is just a small comparison.

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"hardcore linux gamer", I'm sad for you. ;)

Anyway, there's no need to included UT2K3 when they've got UT2K4 to benchmark. Including Quake3 is old and tired. Is Doom3 getting a Linux port?

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