With SteamOS being out there now Linux gaming is becoming a bigger deal all the time.
Do you have any plans including some comment on performance under Linux when reviewing graphics cards in the future?
I'm guessing they won't. Paraphrasing Zoltan: There is just too much variety between linux installs, as every install has a different configuration personal to each user.
Good question will wait patiently for answer :)
There really is no point in putting Steph through another benchmark suite when there is little difference in performance between steamos and windows 8.1 in gaming performance. Both drivers share the same underlying code. If it was decided to do one then you'd obviously use Ubuntu 13.10 since it's the golden standard though i prefer Arch.
While I agree that there is a lot of variation overall. I would argue that a benchmark on a current, default install of SteamOS, or Ubuntu would give any reasonable person all the information they would need.
Would like to bump this as I was hoping that Linux benchmarks and/or games could be added to the gpu reviews.
despite the necro the post is still fairly relevant.
but to give a few points
Probably not. but i won't say it can't happen. strictly because there is non-sense on both sides on the field, (AMD and Nvidia on Linux) and performance may or many not vary depending on the Distro. PLUS there are too many gamers on Windows as apposed to Linux. the added testing would be too much work. I WILL say this. I'd rather. Logan test the cards on Windows on "Tek Syndicate Hardware" then let Wendell test the GPUs on TekLinux at least to even the fields a bit.
*15.04 now, 14.10 at your time of posting :). 13.10 is long gone
Plz suggest a benchmarking procedure for and 390x . I have one.
For the distro test, maybe Debian and or Ubuntu 15.04. and for the games to test, here's a few
- Dying Light
- Trine 2
- Metro 2033 (and or any other Metro Game)
I'm just a bit curious how these would turn out. these games are fairly demanding. also it will give us an idea of what to expect. if anyone wanted to try out Linux for gaming.
@Kat I was going to make a post, but saw this one in the recommended ones. Figured it wasn't too old and still quite relevant.
I agree with Trine 2, Logan has done that game quite a bit on his Windows GPU reviews before. As well as Bioshock Infinite and Witcher 2.
For drivers I'd like to say just the proprietary ones, but I know there are quite a few who would want the open source. Maybe find a good balance there.
The problem with that is there is no equal comparison.
AMD's proprietary drivers aren't good, while AMD's open-source drivers are great. Nvidia's open-source drivers are bad while, Nvidia's proprietary drivers are great. It would be slightly unfair comparison when it comes to GPU reviews, it would have to only consist of just strict performance numbers from the GPU being reviewed. Or at least last gen's flagship versus the current flagship.
@Kat I'm not too familiar with AMD stuff. Watching the Tri-X Fury video got me thinking about this topic.
We should see some changes with that with Linux 4.2 and amdgpu. At least for newer cards.
I'm not sure what would be used for benchmarking. But its perfectly feasible. The only thing you'd need to make clear is the software stack your using. As in. Linux, mesa, xorg, GPU driver versions. That will give a clear picture of how the benchmark compares to the graphic stack used.