It's slightly faster still with kernel 2.6.30.rc3, maybe 10% better frame rate in COD4.
What _does_ seem to be an issue with both 2.6.28 and 2.6.30 that wasn't present in earlier kernels is that often the game will run fast but then 'stutter' - fps drops right down - and then recover again. This doesn't happen on a freshly booted machine, only after it has been running for some time. Earlier kernels would either be always fast or always slow (and recover back to being fast after reboot).
It's slightly faster still with kernel 2.6.30.rc3, maybe 10% better frame rate in COD4.
What _does_ seem to be an issue with both 2.6.28 and 2.6.30 that wasn't present in earlier kernels is that often the game will run fast but then 'stutter' - fps drops right down - and then recover again. This doesn't happen on a freshly booted machine, only after it has been running for some time. Earlier kernels would either be always fast or always slow (and recover back to being fast after reboot).