Linux Partitions for Serious Gamers

Valve posted that early work in L4D2 shows the game performing better on Linux than Windows 7. It’s not a stretch to think that every serious gamer will install a Linux partition to play games that perform better on Linux.

After this work, Left 4 Dead 2 is running at 315 FPS on Linux. That the Linux version runs faster than the Windows version (270.6) seems a little counter-intuitive, given the greater amount of time we have spent on the Windows version. However, it does speak to the underlying efficiency of the kernel and OpenGL.

via Faster Zombies! | Valve.