KDE Desktop Effects Ubuntu 12.04 Testing different KDE 4.8 KWin settings from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS looking at the impact on the OpenGL gaming performance. Testing from an Intel Sandy Bridge laptop with stock Ubuntu 12.04 Intel Linux drivers. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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KDE Desktop Effects Ubuntu 12.04 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores) HP 161C Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 4096MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) IDT 92HD81B1X5 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 Ubuntu 12.04 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64) KDE 4.8.2 X Server 1.11.3 intel 2.17.0 3.0 Mesa 8.0.2 GCC 4.6 ext4 1600x900 OpenBenchmarking.org Graphics Details - UXA
KDE Desktop Effects Ubuntu 12.04 etxreal: 1600 x 900 nexuiz: 1600 x 900 - No - Off openarena: 1600 x 900 openarena: 1600 x 900 padman: 1600 x 900 reaction: 1600 x 900 xonotic: 1600 x 900 - Low KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 34.37 31.18 97.83 22.37 91.13 42.93 68.74 31.97 32.40 98.87 22.37 93.47 44 70.81 24.97 34.26 114.70 23.70 106.60 49.13 79.02 OpenBenchmarking.org
ETXreaL Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110 Resolution: 1600 x 900 KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 5.69, N = 6 34.37 31.97 24.97
Nexuiz Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: No - Sound: Off KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 31.18 32.40 34.26
OpenArena Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.74, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 97.83 98.87 114.70
OpenArena Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 22.37 22.37 23.70
World of Padman Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 91.13 93.47 106.60
Reaction Quake 3 Resolution: 1600 x 900 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 42.93 44.00 49.13
Xonotic Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low KDE - OpenGL Compositing Stock KDE - XRender Compositing KDE - Suspend Desktop Effects On 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 68.74 70.81 79.02
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