Left 4 Dead 2

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There’s an update to Valve’s Linux blog today with some performance figures for Left4Dead 2, which will be the first game released with Steam for Linux when it arrives hopefully later this year. Apparently work is coming along on the project in leaps and bounds, with the Linux version of the game actually running faster than under Windows.

 

According to the post, when they first ported L4D2 over, it was running at 6fps. Now that they’ve spent some time refining the code and improving the OpenGL paths, the latest build flies at 315fps on a GeForce GTX 680 system. By comparison, using the default Direct3D setup under Windows the same system scores just 270.6fps, while using OpenGL under Windows it benchmarks at 303.4fps.*

 

That’s a fifty fold performance increase, as a result of both modifying the game to work with the Linux kernel and OpenGL and tweaking the graphics driver itself. According to the blog, Valve has been working with Intel, AMD and NVIDIA to fine tune drivers, which as suggested will have huge ramifications for other Linux devs.

 

Left 4 Dead 2 Cold Stream DLC Coming To Xbox 360 This Friday

 

t's been a long time coming, but the Cold Stream DLC will arrive on Xbox 360 this Friday, August 3, according to Valve. The Cold Stream update, which is already available on PC and Mac over Steam for free, will cost 560 Microsoft Points ($7) on the console.

 

Cold Stream includes the fan-made campaign of the same name, along with the four original Left 4 Dead maps: Crash Course, Death Toll, Dead Air and Blood Harvest. Friday night we'll see if the new pack gets people "RELOADING!" the three year old game.