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by cryptarch 3511 days ago
Isn't it mostly that no other OS has graphics drivers that are put as much time in by graphics card makers?

Because Microsoft has the largest market share and porting drivers from Windows to Unix systems is basically a full rewrite, which doesn't happen?
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moron4hire 3511 days ago
No, it's also that OpenGL had long been a joke compared to Direct3D.
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cryptarch 3510 days ago
What do you mean by "a joke"?

My personal experience with OpenGL is that all Valve games run faster on it than on DirectX (both on Windows, but I heard Linux + OpenGL also has better perf than Windows + DirectX), but that's about the extent of it.

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