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7/16/12 at 7:19pm
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After successfully porting L4D2 to Ubuntu, interest grew within Valve and, as a result, the team and projects we were working on also grew. Currently, our focus is on the following projects:

-getting the Steam client onto Linux with full functionality
-optimizing a version of L4D2 running at a high frame rate with OpenGL
-porting additional Valve titles
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7/16/12 at 7:20pm
specool.gif Good news because if Valve gets enough data that Linux is a viable market, other devs/pubs may invest more into Linux game ports.
Edited by Riou - 7/16/12 at 7:34pm
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7/16/12 at 7:25pm
does OPENGL take a bigger performance hit in Linux on AMD or Nvidia?
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7/16/12 at 7:30pm
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does OPENGL take a bigger performance hit in Linux on AMD or Nvidia?

Read this: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_hd7950_gtx680&num=1

However it is a 7950 vs 680 so keep that in mind. Overclocking Nvidia cards in Linux is not possible iirc.
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7/16/12 at 7:30pm
Cmon Gabe you can do it!
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Overclocking Nvidia cards in Linux is not possible iirc.

proof.gif

Have done so in the past. Maybe not most relatively modern cards, but back when I was running 2 GTX 8800's they were OC'd. Haven't bothered in the couple of years, as it's not really been worth it.

Article even says the 2 chips that don't have support for it;
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(there still is no overclocking support for Kepler/Fermi on Linux)

Edited by Shrak - 7/16/12 at 7:37pm
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7/16/12 at 7:37pm
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Cmon Gabe you can do it!
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Overclocking Nvidia cards in Linux is not possible iirc.

proof.gif

Have done so in the past. Maybe not most relatively modern cards, but back when I was running 2 GTX 8800's they were OC'd. Haven't bothered in the couple of years, as it's not really been worth it.

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With the NVIDIA GeForce 400/500 "Fermi" generation, the Linux driver went without overclocking support. Fermi Linux overclocking support with CoolBits from the NVIDIA driver remains unsupported while it's long been exposed under Windows. The reasoning from the NVIDIA Linux engineers about this missing feature is that with the Fermi architecture it's a lot more complicated to handle and it's on their TODO list to implement overclocking support, but it's a lower priority. I suspect that Kepler also won't be able to be overclocked under Linux since the support is still M.I.A. from Fermi, but I'll see what NVIDIA Corp has to say on the topic.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA3NTI

I do not have a Fermi (anymore) or Keplar card so I cannot confirm if that has changed.
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7/16/12 at 7:38pm
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Cmon Gabe you can do it!
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Have done so in the past. Maybe not most relatively modern cards, but back when I was running 2 GTX 8800's they were OC'd. Haven't bothered in the couple of years, as it's not really been worth it.
Article even says the 2 chips that don't have support for it;
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(there still is no overclocking support for Kepler/Fermi on Linux)

OC via bios flash.
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7/16/12 at 7:39pm
And all 5 Linux gamers jump for joy. I can't be the only one who thinks this is a total waste of Valves time, right?
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7/16/12 at 7:40pm
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With the NVIDIA GeForce 400/500 "Fermi" generation, the Linux driver went without overclocking support. Fermi Linux overclocking support with CoolBits from the NVIDIA driver remains unsupported while it's long been exposed under Windows. The reasoning from the NVIDIA Linux engineers about this missing feature is that with the Fermi architecture it's a lot more complicated to handle and it's on their TODO list to implement overclocking support, but it's a lower priority. I suspect that Kepler also won't be able to be overclocked under Linux since the support is still M.I.A. from Fermi, but I'll see what NVIDIA Corp has to say on the topic.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA3NTI
I do not have a Fermi (anymore) or Keplar card so I cannot confirm if that has changed.

Re-editted my post while being ninja'd.

Read the original article you quoted. It even says the only 2 chips that can't be overclocked are Fermi/Keplar.
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And all 5 Linux gamers jump for joy. I can't be the only one who thinks this is a total waste of Valves time, right?

You must be out of touch?

Most people who even dual boot anymore, only do so to play games in Windows. Once Steam proves that there is a valid reason to produce games for Linux ( much like what Indie has done, people on Linux always donate more towards the Humble Bundles than Mac/Windows users ) then other studios are sure to follow.
Edited by Shrak - 7/16/12 at 7:43pm
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7/16/12 at 7:40pm
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And all 5 Linux gamers jump for joy. I can't be the only one who thinks this is a total waste of Valves time, right?

just you and i'm a windows fan.
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