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(author here) full disclosure, I work at Microsoft. On Azure though, not on Windows. But using Windows, as another commentator pointed out, was done because my
by clamchowder 4y ago
(author here) full disclosure, I work at Microsoft. On Azure though, not on Windows.
But using Windows, as another commentator pointed out, was done because my latency test gave very weird results from SteamOS and needed more investigation. I also used Windows to test the iGPU because Nemes's Vulkan test ran into problems under SteamOS.
- steponlego 4y agoThanks, I just don’t know how relevant the results are under Windows though. It looks like you think the L3 “disappeared” but that just doesn’t make sense.
- calo_star 4y agoThey are not relevant, the author made a totally irrational choice by benchmarking under Windows, not realizing the Deck is marketed as a Linux machine first and foremost, and they should be ashamed of themself.
- steponlego 4y agoFrom the first day the Steam Deck was released, ALL FORUMS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND OTHER ONLINE OUTLETS, BLOGS, AND THE TECH PRESS has been repeating the doubtless paid Microsoft astroturf that "it'll be a great Windows gaming platform" and lo and behold, we get yet another article in this vein. It's like Linux on the Switch - you don't see the gaming press benchmarking the Switch using Linux. But then again the Linux Foundation doesn't pay thousands of "people" in the gaming press to astroturf its product. Microsoft does.
- justinclift 4y agoProbably does makes sense as a comparison to the Linux part of the review, and for investigating differences. It's not like the Linux review part was completely skipped, which would make the review a bit silly.