Doom3 High Resolution Averages

Below, you can see how our cards performed under higher resolution on both Windows and Linux. Texture Sharpening was disabled in all tests. We didn't even test the 5600XT here; it was a waste of time on the 1024x768 resolution, and it is an even larger waste of time here.

Linux 1280x1024 No AF No AA

Linux 1280x1024 4X AA 8X AF

Windows 1280x1024 No AF No AA

Windows 1280x1024 4X AA 8X AF

Notes From the Lab

Again, Linux could not keep up to Windows here. The Linux hardware can keep up slightly, but it seems the debate was over before it began.

Doom3 Low Resolution Image Quality, FSAA
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  • mave - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - link

    I guess the biggest reason why Linux performance lags behind Windows could be NVidia Linux drivers aren't optimized for doom3 yet. Their version number is 6111, windows drivers 61.77 (used for testing).

    Also Doom 3 binary will propably get performance boost later.

    (Just a guess, just have to wait and see)

    Being Linux gamer always means that you have to have patience:=)
  • jepapac - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - link

    From reading your article, I'm guessing that you ran Doom 3 from within KDE on SUSE. Can you run some Doom 3 benchmarks from a super-lightweight window manager like blackbox or better yet just the failsafe xterm. I'd be interested in how much running a bloated desktop environment like KDE or Gnome slows down the gaming performance.
  • tyski34 - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - link

    Putting the Linux and Windows FPS numbers on the first couple of pages on the same chart would have been very helpful (even more helpful if they were color-coded or something). As it is, it was pretty tough to compare the two.
  • Zebo - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - link

    People still playing this disappointment?
  • KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - link

    Virge?

    http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2241...
    http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2241...

    Like those?

    Kristopher
  • ViRGE - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - link

    Since you're comparing Linux and Windows from time to time, wouldn't it be prudent to at least post a couple of Windows numbers, just so we know what the actual difference is?

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