NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/980: Windows vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 8 January 2015 at 12:00 PM EST. Page 3 of 4. 12 Comments.
Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980
Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980
Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980

When running Xonotic, which is one of the most demanding open-source games, the best performance for the GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 was delivered with Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980
Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980
Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows NVIDIA GTX 970 GTX 980

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