Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2015 11:19:52 GMT -6
The question is....Linux or Windows? Which is the superior game platform.
Factors being looked at:
Frame Per Second video performance
Memory Usage on ports of the same game
Resource Load from disk access (Win 8.1 NTFS vs. Linux Ext-3 Journaling file systems)
Perceived Gaming Experience
Installed File Size Footprint
Video performance in both a 1 and 3 monitor gaming environment
Factors not being looked at:
Game availability by publisher for each platform
Technical differences of controls and/or config choices
Real world usage numbers per O/S
Equipment and Control:
AMD 8350 8 Core / 4.0Ghz Stock (Not Overclocked but running w/ liquid CPU cooling)
Nvidia GeForce 770 (2 Gig DDR5)
16 Gig Main System Memory
SSD Drives used for testing
Windows 8.1 is installed on a 480gig Intel SSD and Linux (likely with Zorin/Ubuntu or Mint...Both are being tested today to choose) on a 30 Gig Kingston SSD.
I think that pretty much covers it. I'm not sure what will be used for direct comparison yet, as I have to look hard at Steam as the first segment for which games have direct ports over for version on each OS. My criteria for the testing is to find at least one widely accepted benchmark program that runs on Windows and Linux. Also, at least 3 games of high resource load to get clean head to head numbers for.
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If anyone has anecdotal stories or opinions to share about which is best and why, I'm all ears. They'll be included or represented as pieces from anecdotal and not empirical/factual evidence, but given that I'm writing a part on just that aspect of the competition between operating systems, and among gamers? It fits and I welcome any input.
This is being written as a college research term paper for my Linux admin course. When it has been turned in, and after I have grade back from it, I will publish the full text here. (It will finish out at over a half dozen APA style written pages, so there is A LOT going into it)
Due date on this for my side is March 8th, so it is also not going to be a long wait for anyone who may be interested in the results here.
Any input or suggestions (games I might want to look at for testing, for example?)
Factors being looked at:
Frame Per Second video performance
Memory Usage on ports of the same game
Resource Load from disk access (Win 8.1 NTFS vs. Linux Ext-3 Journaling file systems)
Perceived Gaming Experience
Installed File Size Footprint
Video performance in both a 1 and 3 monitor gaming environment
Factors not being looked at:
Game availability by publisher for each platform
Technical differences of controls and/or config choices
Real world usage numbers per O/S
Equipment and Control:
AMD 8350 8 Core / 4.0Ghz Stock (Not Overclocked but running w/ liquid CPU cooling)
Nvidia GeForce 770 (2 Gig DDR5)
16 Gig Main System Memory
SSD Drives used for testing
Windows 8.1 is installed on a 480gig Intel SSD and Linux (likely with Zorin/Ubuntu or Mint...Both are being tested today to choose) on a 30 Gig Kingston SSD.
I think that pretty much covers it. I'm not sure what will be used for direct comparison yet, as I have to look hard at Steam as the first segment for which games have direct ports over for version on each OS. My criteria for the testing is to find at least one widely accepted benchmark program that runs on Windows and Linux. Also, at least 3 games of high resource load to get clean head to head numbers for.
---
If anyone has anecdotal stories or opinions to share about which is best and why, I'm all ears. They'll be included or represented as pieces from anecdotal and not empirical/factual evidence, but given that I'm writing a part on just that aspect of the competition between operating systems, and among gamers? It fits and I welcome any input.
This is being written as a college research term paper for my Linux admin course. When it has been turned in, and after I have grade back from it, I will publish the full text here. (It will finish out at over a half dozen APA style written pages, so there is A LOT going into it)
Due date on this for my side is March 8th, so it is also not going to be a long wait for anyone who may be interested in the results here.
Any input or suggestions (games I might want to look at for testing, for example?)