NVIDIA Quadro FX Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Driver
Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Power consumption testing on ThinkPad W510 wuth Core i7 720QM notebook when on battery power consumption. Quick comparison of stock Nouveau stack versus the NVIDIA proprietary Linux driver. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Ubuntu 12.04 Stock - Nouveau
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
NVIDIA 295.33 Linux Driver
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Doom 3
OpenArena
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Timed Idle
Doom 3
OpenArena
Timed Idle
System Power Consumption Monitor
GPU Temperature Monitor
Ubuntu 12.04 Stock - Nouveau
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics Notes: EXA
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Testing initiated at 30 March 2012 20:52 by user phoronix.
NVIDIA 295.33 Linux Driver
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system. This was running on battery power.
Testing initiated at 30 March 2012 21:10 by user phoronix.