EeePC 1000HE Gaming - Windows Vs GNU/Linux

Linux's open-source graphics drivers are pawesome. But the legacy drivers still sucks and it's unfortunate how abandoned they are.
I've tried to use Mesa Amber with no success, it compiles but OpenGL doesn't works (GLXFBConfigs error). I don't have a secondary drive to try it and didn't want to format. Mesa 25 fails to load i915 driver.
Because of driver issues WineD3D cannot render Half Life in Direct3D mode. To make it fair for the benchmark, Windows also used OpenGL mode.

In no way i intend to promote Windows. My aim is to spread awareness about the current state of legacy hardware on GNU/Linux and hope to get more attention to legacy drivers