GeForce GTX 680 Linux OpenGL Scaling vs. Radeon HD 7950
Comparing the resolution scaling performance of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics cards under Linux with the Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit operating system. Both graphics cards using the respective NVIDIA/AMD binary Linux GPU drivers. Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.33, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.3, OpenGL: 4.2.11566, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.33, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.33, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 11 April 2012 15:26 by user pts.
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.3, OpenGL: 4.2.11566, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 12 April 2012 10:52 by user phoronix.