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		augustl on Aug 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: John Carmack, Kudos to Valve but Linux is Still No... If Valve discovers that you can get more performance in general out of a Linux rig, my guess is that it won't take long before the entire hardcore gaming community runs Linux. That community community is crazy about performance. In Valve's experiments so far, Linux gets better performance (higher FPS) than Windows. We're talking 280 vs 315 FPS (or something like that), but that's still better.

WalterGR on Aug 5, 2012 | [–]

We're talking 280 vs 315 FPS (or something like that)

The difference is closer to 10 frames a second: 303.4 vs 315.

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/

but that's still better.

True.

davvid on Aug 4, 2012 | | [–]

This is exactly the marketing angle that (desktop-centric) linux companies can and should take.

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