Intel Linux Driver Now Nearly As Fast As Windows OpenGL Driver 113
An anonymous reader writes "Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver is now running neck-and-neck with the Windows 8.1 driver for OpenGL performance between the competing platforms when using the latest drivers for each platform. The NVIDIA driver has long been able to run at similar speeds between Windows and Linux given the common code-base, but the Intel Linux driver is completely separate from their Windows driver due to being open-source and complying with the Linux DRM and Mesa infrastructure. The Intel Linux driver is still trailing the Windows OpenGL driver in supporting OpenGL4."
Re:woo (Score:5, Insightful)
This has little to do with the architecture and mostly to do with vendor support. This has always been a problem for non-windows OSes. Even apple's opengl isn't exactly the best in terms of performance. Linux easily outperforms it when using nvidia's driver.
Re: woo (Score:4, Insightful)
They went to the doctor to get it reattached with Windows 8.1 only to wake up to find out that a second left foot was attached in place.
Re:Intel (Score:5, Insightful)
Bear in mind that today's 5000 series actually does compete pretty bloody well with nVidia and AMD. It's near impossible to get a faster GPU in a thin and light laptop. The GeForce 740m is the same speed as it, the 750m is getting into power brackets that can't be put in a thin and light, and is only about 10-20% faster than the 5200 pro.
For me, Intel is doing a pretty impressive job of catching up. We've gone from intel being no where in terms of GPU performance to being able to equal the best nVidia and AMD can do at least in the power constrained market.
Thank you Gabe Newell (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Intel (Score:5, Insightful)
We're also hitting diminishing returns with game graphics. It used to be generational differences between games was huge but these days can you really tell the different between this years shooter and last years shooter?
Barely.
You mean they might actually start to give a toss about playability?
Re: woo (Score:2, Insightful)
Microsoft is probably the only company able to make so many mistakes & blunders without going out of business (thanks to their hold on the corporate market & large cash reserves).
MS Bob, Clippy, ME, Zune, Windows phone, Vista, Win RT, Win 8. Let's see what someone else than Ballmer will be able to do.
Re: woo (Score:4, Insightful)
How does microsoft do so much user testing and have no idea these products are going to be colossal flops?
I can't imagine the reasoning that went on behind the push for Windows 8:
"Let's unify our mobile and desktop interfaces, because we have a stranglehold on the desktop, people will gravitate towards our mobile offerings"
The public responds "we hate this" and they choose to do it anyway? Don't they do focus groups? Didn't they anticipate that people are disgusted by a touch interface on their keyboard+mouse system?
I'm fascinated and horrified but I'm also pleased because I am not fond of Microsoft, but what the hell do they think they are doing?
Re: woo (Score:3, Insightful)
I'm fascinated and horrified but I'm also pleased because I am not fond of Microsoft, but what the hell do they think they are doing?
Surviving. They don't believe the desktop will exist in a few years, so owning it won't matter.
Of course, if you go out of your way to destroy desktop Windows in pursuit of tablet market share, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.