AMD Catalyst: Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7

[F i L]

I appriciate these performance comparisons, but please next time, if you can, try and test Gnome-Ubuntu as well. In previous tests Shell has be shown to be faster than Unity/KDE so it might have been nice to see how that compares.

[alexThunder]

The Intel HD Graphics 4000 is already "suitable" for standard 3D-tasks. I completely understand you and your special requirements for high 3D-performance, but many GNU/Linux-users are rather focused on Desktop-tasks and really don't need high graphics performance.
Stay tuned for Haswell and compare the current Intel graphics with the ancient Intel GMA .

Best regards.

I have to add, that I own a Notebook with that HD 4000 and it works ok (XRender for KWin). However, KWin with OpenGL is absolutely not usable (Kubuntu 12.04 with Kernel 3.4).

Btw. this news is about gaming performance, isn't it?

[artivision]

Intel vs AMD: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...vybridge&num=6

[frign]

I have to add, that I own a Notebook with that HD 4000 and it works ok (XRender for KWin). However, KWin with OpenGL is absolutely not usable (Kubuntu 12.04 with Kernel 3.4).

Btw. this news is about gaming performance, isn't it?

I am using DWM myself and don't have any experience with KDE at all. I am wondering, as the HD 4000 even runs Crysis 3 fairly well. You might try to upgrade your RAM if necessary, as this is an important factor to consider.

Best regards.

[alexThunder]

I am using DWM myself and don't have any experience with KDE at all. I am wondering, as the HD 4000 even runs Crysis 3 fairly well. You might try to upgrade your RAM if necessary, as this is an important factor to consider.

Best regards.

I got 8 gigs. As for my experience with gaming on Intel (Linux), I just tried 2 games: Tiny & Big refused to start and Shatter was just plain black with some blue lights :/ I gave up then.

[XorEaxEax]

Any chance of adding Xubuntu (my favourite of the *buntu's) to the test ?

[Rigaldo]

Ok sorry, but I'm just trying to bring some awareness here because I love Linux and FOSS, and I'm worried that everyone loves blob but no one seems to care about the free software drivers.

If someone didn't know, they'd say you're spamming the forum with all those posts? Often kinda off topic?
We pretty much all know what's going on in this forum, spreading awareness elsewhere would be of greater use.

[frign]

I got 8 gigs. As for my experience with gaming on Intel (Linux), I just tried 2 games: Tiny & Big refused to start and Shatter was just plain black with some blue lights :/

8 Gigs should be enough. I am just thinking about this video on an i7 with 16GB of RAM with Battlefield 3 running just fine (I am considering, that this runs on Windows).
Switching to an i7 in a few weeks, I will put in 16GB and see what it brings.

[frign]

I got 8 gigs. As for my experience with gaming on Intel (Linux), I just tried 2 games: Tiny & Big refused to start and Shatter was just plain black with some blue lights :/ I gave up then.

My reply got lost. Videos like this one with 16GB of RAM show, that there is at least some potential in these chips.
Once my new hardware arrives in a few weeks, I will upgrade it to 16GB of RAM to see, what the potential of the Intel HD Graphics 4000 is using dwm of course .

Best regards.

[kraftman]

Are you sure composition effects are suspended in Kubuntu 12.10? In 12.04 they're not. Furthermore, it will be nice to see some commercial games benchmarks (l4d2!), because these Q3 based run like crap with catalyst. My next card is nvidia and you can eat w8 $hit AMD.