That's why you need another Windows Machine.

Well,that's a shame. I won't be forking out money for another computer just to have a capture card and Windows (at least not any time soon).

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Quoting: asdfWhats wrong with The Cave? It works fine for me...

I've got sound issues where the game will suddenly lose all sound after 15 minutes or so of playing. Not very bad, but playing without sound really ruins the experience for me.

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use another computer to record the gameplay from a HDMI capture card

I was looking into capture cards, and noticed Avermedia has some TV cards with Linux drivers, but the drivers seem pretty outdated. Are Avermedia capture cards good with Linux?

Do you have any recommendations? Do take note that where I live, it is likely I won't have access to a lot of these devices. I may have to order them from overseas, if that's even possible. But if they are in store, I'd definitely like to get one. 

I agree with you that using screen recorders is definitely not the best way to estimate performance differences, but it was definitely surprising to me to see that there was such a difference so I thought I would share. As previously mentioned, it is just my experience :)

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It'd be cool if someone could compare how the open source drivers are coming along with this game.

I would like to see a comparison of this too!
I've never been too good at setting up the latest open source drivers, usually mess up (tried it with some Intel laptops and an AMD laptop). Maybe someone more knowledgeable could offer us some footage :)

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That good but i afraid it the other way for ATI users like me.

Sadly, I know what you're going through. I previously used an HD4850 then a HD6850, and the AMD drivers in Linux just kept getting worse. After having used AMD graphics for so long in my family, I then jumped to Nvidia sometime in January I think. The drivers really are better on the Nvidia side so far.

Both videos are choppy despite fps being way over 24.

This is because V-Sync is disabled. I did this on purpose, so we can see the fps fluctuate outside of 60Hz (my screen's maximum fps threshold). My eyes in real life cannot see the extra frames above 60, but the screen recorder can. So it picks up the major spikes in the frames per-second in both tests. On the windows side it looks choppy because it is less than 60 fps. On the Ubuntu side, it looks choppy because the frames jump from a 50-60 to a 100+ threshold so the changes are frequent and large.

My screen recording can only be smooth if I record with V-sync enabled, as that forces the game to stay within 60 fps and reduce screen tearing or loss of frames.

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Sweet, I'm glad they're really giving us the support after porting the game! Unlike the guys over at Killing Floor or The Cave... I don't know why they're so slow to address our issues.

Regardless, I'm glad I bought this game. Feels like a high quality premium Tremulous experience :)

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Maybe it's just me, but I have a feeling it might be something like an IndieGogo or Kickstarter campaign sort of event. These words particularly give me that feel:

Soon, we’ll be adding you to our design process

Or it could be very much like their expansion into the modding community, where they do it their own style yet bring us all in on it. Knowing Valve, they love to collect data before doing anything. No doubt this will probably be a step in getting enough information to make the right choice. I'm excited :)

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i did run some benchmarks

That is a pretty big difference, do you get the same results with the 660Ti? Or even better?

Congratulations Sabun, impecable work, excellent article in my opinion!

Thank you Lord Avallon, for the kind words :)

Don't forget that updated version of the patch should be released shortly.

I noticed that the person in the wine-devel list also had a 680, and was experiencing issues. I hope the future patch will help me see the performance boosts as well.

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is there a easy way to list all the extras i have installed?

I'm not sure. The only way to see some of the stuff installed is via Libraries and Applications in Winecfg, but that's not very easy to look at.

i have my .wine folder since 2008

Dude, that is impressive! I always feel the need to remove older wine versions and start clean, but maybe I should try your way.

:D I guess I should fiddle with my Wine and install more things.

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In WineCFG, are you talking about the "Allow DirectX apps to stop the mouse leaving their window" ? If so, then I did not have it ticked since I ran everything in windowed-mode. It could also be because I have two mice connected to my computer. When my RSI acts up in my right hand, I switch to my left mouse.

I would very much like to get Crysis 2 and Borderlands 2 working with the patched version. How did you set up your Wine to get them working? I tried installing all the necessary components as written on WineHQ for Borderlands 2, but I am unable to get it to run. For Crysis 2, just installing DirectX9 for the normal 1.7.1 was enough to get it running. But with the patch, the game would get stuck at the loading screen. Tomb Raider was smooth with the patch, it was just the input issue that frustrated me.

Did you install DirectX9 with anything else? Or no tweaks were done?

Some of those games were from 2006/2007 and they're still unplayable/unrunnable in wine. It's just a bit depressing.

I know this frustration all too well. It is one of the main reasons I still can't get many of my friends to stick with Linux... Still, I hope for future improvements :)

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