Nouveau GT220 NVIDIA Thermal Reclocking

Reclocking tests of the Nouveau driver using the nouveau/linux-2.6 GIt tree as of 28 January. Using a NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 since at the moment it seems to be the only working graphics card in the Phoronix collection. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. [ 14.875020] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 3 available performance level(s)
[ 14.875022] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0: core 135MHz shader 270MHz memory 135MHz voltage 850mV
[ 14.875024] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 1: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz voltage 850mV
[ 14.875027] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 3: core 625MHz shader 1360MHz memory 400MHz voltage 1100mV. This has GPU thermal results to accompany the other initial reclocking tests.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1201286-BY-NOUVEAUTH25
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GT 220 - Nouveau Stock

Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc1-nouveau+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-7434320) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked

Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz).

GT 220 - NVIDIA 290.10

Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1.2 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Nouveau GT220 NVIDIA Thermal ReclockingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Sandy DMI216384MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz)NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz)Realtek ALC892DELL P2210HIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.043.3.0-rc1-nouveau+ (x86_64)3.2.0-11-generic (x86_64)UnityX Server 1.11.3nouveau 0.0.16NVIDIA 290.102.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-7434320) Gallium 0.41.4 (2.1.2 NVIDIAGCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelsDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriversOpenGLsCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionNouveau GT220 NVIDIA Thermal Reclocking BenchmarksSystem Logs- GT 220 - Nouveau Stock, GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked: Compiz was running on this system.

Doom 3

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDoom 3 1.3.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: LowGT 220 - Nouveau StockGT 220 - Nouveau ReclockedGT 220 - NVIDIA 290.101020304050SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.4725.7045.57
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDoom 3 1.3.1Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: LowGT 220 - Nouveau StockGT 220 - Nouveau ReclockedGT 220 - NVIDIA 290.10918273645Min: 19.4 / Avg: 19.47 / Max: 19.5Min: 25.7 / Avg: 25.7 / Max: 25.7Min: 45.5 / Avg: 45.57 / Max: 45.6

MinAvgMaxGT 220 - Nouveau Stock35.042.845.0GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked38.049.452.0GT 220 - NVIDIA 290.1039.050.555.0OpenBenchmarking.orgCelsius, Fewer Is BetterDoom 3 1.3.1GPU Temperature Monitor1530456075

GT 220 - Nouveau Stock

Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc1-nouveau+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-7434320) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 28 January 2012 18:38 by user phoronix.

GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked

Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc1-nouveau+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-7434320) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.

Testing initiated at 28 January 2012 18:50 by user phoronix.

GT 220 - NVIDIA 290.10

Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1.2 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Testing initiated at 28 January 2012 19:02 by user phoronix.