Topic: Windows 7 vs. Linux With Sandy Bridge New Acceleration Architecture

[sam]

The Linux 3.0 kernel is finally in good shape for the Sandy Bridge hardware we commonly test with, after earlier having a semaphores bug and other problems. These components were tested in their stock configuration and then when building the Intel X.Org driver with the --enable-sna flag to benefit from the Sandy Bridge New Acceleration architecture.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_windows_sna&num=1