Apollo Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Alright, a friend just asked me if I think it is a good idea for him to convert his current Windows XP 32 bit Gaming PC to a Linux Gaming PC. In my opinion a terrible move but I figured I would expand the question base to include you guys. Any and all comments welcome. System Specs: AMD Phenom 9750 (2.5 Quad) 4 GB DDR2 800 Nvidia 280GTX w/ 768mb GDDR3 All the relevant sys specs (I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Linux can only run games that run on OpenGL which isn't very many, and even then you'll have computability issues because WINE isn't perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hack and Rogue here he comes! Maybe some BZFlag... (well, it's not that bad but at least it will cut down on his gaming) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLuNK Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Well he does have a powerful system, I wouldn't plan on gaming much in Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 do they have virtulization for linux box's? if so just download vmware and either use windows in the virtulization or learn linux within windows with the vmware app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 VMware server is available for Windows and Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnxr0x Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 here's a good list of Linux games ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linux_games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 That would be a very bad idea, his games won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnxr0x Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 ^^ Agreed.. if your main thing with PC is gaming then stick with Windows... if you want to dabble with *nix then you would be better off running Linux from a virtual machine within Windows,.. that setup is powerful enough for sure !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 hell with his setup you can game in windows and linux with no issues at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Linux isn't a serious gaming platform to be brutally honest, it has games but they tend to feature badly animated penguins or are clones of the games you loved 2 years ago. You can run some windows games under WINE and occasionally they get ported to linux but not often. If you are a gamer then install Vista x64 for your games (with 2GB+ RAM, Vista x64 is faster than XP, I have 6GB and I get 10FPS+ in BF2 under Vista), and either dual boot Ubuntu or obtain a copy of VMware Workstation. Vista is just better for games and audio, while linux naturally lends itself to tasks such as servers, appliances, data processing and development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droz Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 GAMING ON PC = WINDOWS as for the VMware idea earlier. running a game on a VM is a terrible idea. You don't get the benefits of the awesome video card that guy has. Becuase VM emulates a fairly basic card. Run linux in a VM, but they you lose all the cool stuff you can do with ur hardware, because ur not accessing ur hardware. ur accessing VMware hardware....but by all means load up a free copy of server and play with Linux. it'll never pick up market share if ppl don't use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 no, dont use vmware for linux gaming, use Virtualbox, because with the new v-box guest extensions, you get alot more acceleration out of the vm. hell i cant even do any desktop effects with vmware... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADM1NX Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ut2k4 and quake 4 run better in linux than in windows. DEFCON also looks awesome in *nix. Don't expect to play too many games in linux though, unless you subscribe to cedega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 this is true... also, cedega (as I have heard) isnt 100% foolproof on it's compatibility either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Maybe it is time to look at the WINE, and create a additional layer (which will allow same access as Windows) for Windows Games under Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3%5kr3w Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Maybe it is time to look at the WINE, and create a additional layer (which will allow same access as Windows) for Windows Games under Linux. hell, maybe for wine they should just go ahead and set it up where you put in a legit copy of windows, it rips everything but the gui and extra programs (ie. notepad/etc) and just boots with that for a compatibility layer when using WINE. That way it *is* emulation, BUT only to emulate the Compatibility layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bit Hunter Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 hell, maybe for wine they should just go ahead and set it up where you put in a legit copy of windows, it rips everything but the gui and extra programs (ie. notepad/etc) and just boots with that for a compatibility layer when using WINE. That way it *is* emulation, BUT only to emulate the Compatibility layer. True, i hate to use WINE, if i ever need to run windows app on a Linux machine, VirtualBox is my best bet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klink Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Linux isn't a serious gaming platform to be brutally honest, it has games but they tend to feature badly animated penguins or are clones of the games you loved 2 years ago. You can run some windows games under WINE and occasionally they get ported to linux but not often. If you are a gamer then install Vista x64 for your games (with 2GB+ RAM, Vista x64 is faster than XP, I have 6GB and I get 10FPS+ in BF2 under Vista), and either dual boot Ubuntu or obtain a copy of VMware Workstation. Vista is just better for games and audio, while linux naturally lends itself to tasks such as servers, appliances, data processing and development. I disagree on Vista, even in the 64 bit mode. I choose to run XP 64 bit. It's leaner and for gaming screams on my system. I also seem to get better results with older games as well like Unreal or COD 2. As well as awesome response from newer games...like the ever buggy COD WaW..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dd3 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 The closest you get to a Linux gaming pc is to install cedega (maybe also point2play) wine is more for programs not games.. so dont wine it :D anyways i would stay on xp for gaming :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eviltechie Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Linux Gaming = Nvidia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathknight93 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I agree you must run Linux as a vm if gaming is your basic need .A dual boot is also a considerably good option.....And Refering to the Xp Vista thing Xp is much better at everything(Gaming+Daily Use) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swathe Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Linux as a VM is the answer to use both. It' s one reason why i love having dual monitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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