Driver comparison Linux vs. Vista (Chrome 400/500 Series)

"That's really a surprise: The Linux driver offer far better minimal and average frames per second than the Windows driver. The maximum rate is most times equal but sometimes the Linux driver is also faster. Final thoughts

"Sometimes S3 Graphics really scares me and this is one of those situations: It's already rather unusual that the performance of a Linux driver is more or less equal to the Windows drivers, but that the Linux drivers offers a far better performance is really scaring. And keep in mind that S3 Graphics doesn't really care that much about Linux at all!"

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