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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: LAGMAN on 12 November 2002, 13:39

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: LAGMAN on 12 November 2002, 13:39

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!

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: mobrien_12 on 12 November 2002, 13:49

Fascinating.  Do you know how it compares to the naitive Linux version?

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: DC on 13 November 2002, 05:13

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.

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: The Auditor on 13 November 2002, 10:16

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

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: smokey on 13 November 2002, 16:52

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.

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: voidmain on 16 November 2002, 06:58

[ November 16, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

Title: Linux is great for windows games!
Post by: pkd_lives on 17 November 2002, 03:35

well I was just passing through, and the following link pretty much sums it up for Linux games.

http://forum.team17.com/showthread.php?s=ed0de9975de6b9057edbcfaf42d8b93e&threadid=4290&perpage=30&highligh t=linux&pagenumber=2 (http://forum.team17.com/showthread.php?s=ed0de9975de6b9057edbcfaf42d8b93e&threadid=4290&perpage=30&highlight=linux&pagenumber=2)