DjCalvin
May 8 2006, 10:30 PM
Ok here is a challenge to all the hardcore linux folks out there. I will greatly accept the switch if it can be proven that Games will run as good under linux as they do under windows. Im a windows guy at heart, but I do work on unix systems at work. Im a gamer, and that will never change. I had switched over to linux about 4 years ago, and I couldnt play crap on linux without dual booting to windows. (I think it was Wine emulation they were running under) Now have there been some improvements in being able to play windows games smoothly on linux? If so, please let me know, and please point me to references which say that is true. here is my setup and what I currently play: Hardware: asus p4ce800-deluxe mobo (onboard gig-e) p4 2.8ghz bfg 6800 ultra 1gb corsair XMS pro memory 4x200gb western dig sata hd's in raid 1 (2 logical drives) 2x 160gb OS and data drives. sb audigy 2 Acessories: Logitech g15 keyboard Logitech 6.1 surround Logitech G5 Laser mouse Ceative Zen Xtra jukebox. Couple of flash drives. Dual layer dvd burner ( i think its a lite-on.. been a while since i checked) Games I am currenly playing, and want to continue playing... Godfather the game Freelancer (old standby favorite) World of Warcraft (just dumped my account actually) Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Civ 4 Edit: From what i can tell Cedera is the app of choice for a lot of games. Any suggestions on linux flavor as well? or web sites to point me in the right direction. I will prob dual boot until i can get a handle on things for a month or 2. - C
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szupie
May 9 2006, 12:12 AM
I've tried Linux for a few weeks in the past, but since I wasn't a Linux geek at that time, it just confused me a lot. I'm guessing that most games were built just for Windows, and Linux's processors aren't the most efficient in reading Microsoft's proprietary codes. If a game was created specially for Linux, it'll probably run crappily on Windows.
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miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG
May 9 2006, 06:45 AM
It's really hard to compare between the two from a gaming standpoint. See, first of all, Linux was never meant to be for gaming. In it's primary field of expertise - OS Resource Usage, Networking & Security - it far outshines Windows. The performance of Windows in those spheres is at best miserably pathetic. On the other hand - Windows was designed to be the average end-user desktop system and those are the people who play a hell lot of games. Thus Windows has a pretty powerful graphical engine, which helps games work real smooth. Then again - there are games specifically designed for Linux - which work equally well. It entirely depends on the coding & the gaming engine. WINE isn't a solution by any means - but yeah, it's supposed to make your transition from Windows --> Linux a lot easier by letting you run some of your favourite Windows appz on Linux. That's about it.
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twitch
May 9 2006, 10:51 AM
Until Linux comes out with a powerful graphics engine, and developers see the potential, I doubt any other Operating System can compare to the years of development that Microsoft have had. I would sooner use a propietrybased operating system to play my favourite games, than to compromise and get a weakend, or playable game. Especially if it cost a lot.
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xboxrulz
May 9 2006, 11:32 AM
I can't have solid prove (since I can't get the FPS showing on Windows), but when I ran C&C Renegade, C&C Tiberian Sun and Quake 4, it was considerably faster, as if you can feel the speed difference too. My only explanation to this phenomenon is that the X Server's framebuffer is bigger, therefore it's faster to process all the graphic data. Yet when m^e said about Linux wasn't designed for gaming, true, but remember, Linux was designed as a powerhorse to calculate math and other operations fast! Therefore, if calculations are faster and stable, then Linux can beat a Windows machine (if running natively or in some WINEd games) xboxrulz
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qwijibow
May 9 2006, 12:42 PM
Playstation 3 is shipping with linux pre-installed on the hard disk.. ( sold seperatly ) what more needs to be said.
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xboxrulz
May 9 2006, 11:37 PM
lol, that just blows away the argument, I forgot to bring that up. Yet, Linux is already preinstalled, but you require the hard disc to access the full functionality. All games are running on OpenGL and Sony's customized Linux variant. xboxrulz
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abhishek
Jun 16 2006, 07:47 PM
A dedicated gaming console which runs on linux is the greatest proof. When it comes to PC gaming lot of game developers are now targetting linux also. There are many popular games which are being ported to linux by the game developers. Try ID software games(all ID Software games are now available for both Windows and linux), when playing you may not be able to make out that whether you are playing it on windows or linux. When it comes to better gaming experence, both windows and linux are the same. Only thing is Linux has a way to go to be more popular OS and then more and more gamedevelopers will target their games to linux.
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xboxrulz
Jun 17 2006, 03:01 AM
not only is it on Linux/Windows but also on MacOS X. xboxrulz
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abhiram
Jun 17 2006, 03:25 AM
Well, I play a lot of games myself and prefer Linux over windows. Now, games which are made for Linux work seamlessly. But there are only so many games that run natively on Linux. The native Linux games that I've played are: 1. Quake 3 Arena 2. Unreal Tournament 2004 3. Neverwinter Nights Well, I do like to listen to some music in the background when playing the game. Q3A and UT2004 had some sound issues if I played amaroK in the background, in the sense that there would be no more sound coming from the game, just from the music player. But this didn't affect gameplay and I wasn't bothered. Neverwinter Nights is by far the best native Linux game. The sound works perfectly, I can listen to background music from amarok AND the graphics are terrific. I played the whole of first and second levels and there was no problem at all. Now, thanks to Cedega, some Windows games can also be made to work in Linux. The Windows games that worked for me (without any hassles) are: 1. Spiderman 2 PC 2. Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut Sonic didn't work all that well since it's sound depends on the WMA9 codec and I didn't have it installed. Nevertheless, the game worked seamlessly if only silently! Cedega offers ready, out-of-the-box support for a large number of Windows games. You could check it out. You can always expect problems if you're playing a Windows game on Linux. I'm usually always on Linux, but use windows only to play games and nothing else.
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Habble
Jul 12 2008, 08:43 AM
before you explain this here Ok here is a challenge to all the hardcore linux folks out there. I will greatly accept the switch if it can be proven that Games will run as good under linux as they do under windows. Im a windows guy at heart, but I do work on unix systems at work. Im a gamer, and that will never change. I had switched over to linux about 4 years ago, and I couldnt play crap on linux without dual booting to windows. (I think it was Wine emulation they were running under) Now have there been some improvements in being able to play windows games smoothly on linux? If so, please let me know, and please point me to references which say that is true. here is my setup and what I currently play: Hardware: asus p4ce800-deluxe mobo (onboard gig-e) p4 2.8ghz bfg 6800 ultra 1gb corsair XMS pro memory 4x200gb western dig sata hd's in raid 1 (2 logical drives) 2x 160gb OS and data drives. sb audigy 2 Acessories: Logitech g15 keyboard Logitech 6.1 surround Logitech G5 Laser mouse Ceative Zen Xtra jukebox. Couple of flash drives. Dual layer dvd burner ( i think its a lite-on.. been a while since i checked) Games I am currenly playing, and want to continue playing... Godfather the game Freelancer (old standby favorite) World of Warcraft (just dumped my account actually) Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Civ 4 Edit: From what i can tell Cedera is the app of choice for a lot of games. Any suggestions on linux flavor as well? or web sites to point me in the right direction. I will prob dual boot until i can get a handle on things for a month or 2. can you please tell me what linux is ?? Lol sorry for the stupid question
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quinciest
Feb 1 2007, 06:34 AM
new age of linux most of people think linux just better in networking but this person prove something new
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Quatrux
Jan 6 2007, 12:10 AM
Well, as I never really played games on Windows, due to I am a retro gamer and prefer all the games before the year 2000, I can easily emulate them on Linux and besides, people who use some other operating system than Windows really want the computer to be a computer, but if you don't want to know anything, just play games, listen to music, surf the web and watch a movie, which most of the people in the world does, use Windows, even though they (windows OS) can do much more, but it is a choice, personally my first OS was Amiga, then Linux and only then Windows, until I got used to Windows it was horrible; I don't see what Linux can't do what Windows can except Games, but serious people aren't gamers, just likes to play sometimes, personally when I start playing a game, my target is to finish it and people who plays counter strike, I don't see a finish there.
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Aka_Bar
Jan 2 2007, 09:03 PM
well, yes Lunix becomeng more useful and popular but at moment i think for Gaming events we should use Microsoft products and releases, i think technalogies of gaming platforms more comptable with Windows then Lunix products. One big reason that windows is more relable for gamimng platforms as programist i can say but i dont want say somting agains to Lunix but at moment i think more better play on Windows games then play it on Lunix platforms!! and More of games MORE comptable with Microsoft Windows Operateing Systems, i think!!!
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mikenco
Jan 2 2007, 06:05 PM
QUOTE(xboxrulz @ Jul 20 2006, 08:45 PM) 
However, I do give you kudos about the marketshare, at the same time, you must remember, the only thing that's going to make an operating system popular is to have games running on it. In order to do so, you must have companies like id Software making that first move to make an operating system they think have potential with their technology.
I think it's catch-22. Not enough gamers to warrent porting PC-CD games to Linux and not enough Linux games to encourage people to switch! I have donkey's years of experience of Windows and use it for my job as well as gaming. I have tried a few flavours of Linux and were greatly impressed with the image and functionality of it. I have setup web servers on Linux and learned some of the command line functions. But each time I set it up and get excited about Linux again, I always get the bit where I realise I have a huge archive of genuine PC-CD games that I simply can't play on Linux. There are a lot clever programmers out there and the day they work out how to give Linux the ability to install and run PC-CD games (and apps) straight from the cd with the minimal of fuss to the user, then Microsofts days are numbered. Until then, I don't like the fact, but it's true that Linux just isn't flexible enough as a family's main computer. Rgds Mike
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