More benchmarks of 3d performance comparing windows and linux

[Dan Kegel]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesinger at gmx.at> wrote:
> Steam is pretty nice in this regard. Everything you need can be controlled via Command line, e.g.
>
> Steam.exe -login <user> <pass> -applaunch 220 -novid -console -window -w 1024 -h 768 -dxlevel 90 +timedemo mytimedemo
>
> Everything after -applaunch 220 is a game argument. With Source engine games you can pass anything you can enter on the console via "+command". You can't make the game quit that way though, because if you pass "+timedemo xxx +quit" it will quit right after starting the timedemo - the timedemo command doesn't block.

I hear there's a +timedemoquit command....

Can you send me the timedemo files you use?

> Also, there's an add popup after the game quits, which can be annoying if you run multiple tests without restarting Steam. It can be disabled via a Steam setting(or registry key)

Pray tell...
- Dan