Comments on: Linux vs. Windows Q3A Article

By: Anubis

Anubis — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have a K6-2 450Mhz running both win98 and RedHat6.1 with a Voodoo3 3000 and Quake3 runs and looks a hell lot better in Linux the it runs on Windows98. Don´t ask me why. my win drivers are the last ones out by the day, and the Linux ones are the Glide2x & 3x drivers. The games settings are at maximuim detail at 800×600 in linux and run better than windows at lower details at 640×480. The only thing I hate is that the mouse moves uglyer because (I guess) I start the game with ./q3demo +set in_dgamouse 0 cause it wont start right otherwise.

By: FORTYoz

FORTYoz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Get XFree 3.3.6, use the XFree86 SVGA server, dga mouse should work then.. also i compile Mesa with -O6 -mpentiumpro and have export FX_GLIDE_SWAPINTERVAL=0 in my quake run script. I don’t know if its faster or the same as windows but without hacking my config .. its still not 60fps in “normal” settings in quake3, i don’t like playing with less then 60fps.. so i use http://www.fortyoz.org/q3config.cfg .. gets me about 75fps.. screw with com_maxfps if your playing online else you’ll be lagged.