NVIDIA GeForce Linux Performance R310

Benchmarks of the new NVIDIA GeForce R310 Linux graphics driver from a GeForce 9800GT, GeForce GTX 460, and GeForce GTX 680 graphics cards of the NVIDIA 310.14 Beta Linux x86_64 driver compared to the NVIDIA 304.43 stable release. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article looking at the improved NVIDIA OpenGL gaming performance.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1211074-RA-NVIDIAGEF88.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution9800GTGTX 460GTX 680 NVIDIA 304.43 NVIDIA 310.14 NVIDIA 304.43 NVIDIA 310.14 NVIDIA 304.43 NVIDIA 310.14AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz)Realtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.103.5.0-17-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.8.0X Server 1.13.0NVIDIA 304.433.3.0 NVIDIA 304.43GCC 4.7ext41920x1080NVIDIA 310.143.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)NVIDIA 304.434.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.144.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)NVIDIA 304.434.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.144.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Compiz was running on this system.

nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Onopenarena: 1920 x 1080unigine-heaven: 1280 x 1024unigine-heaven: 1920 x 1080unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate9800GTGTX 460GTX 680 NVIDIA 304.43 NVIDIA 310.14 NVIDIA 304.43 NVIDIA 310.14 NVIDIA 304.43 NVIDIA 310.1462.9570.3026.6311.9835.9634.26112.5652.9928.1480.85105.6029.7916.20141.9262.3930.13114.51113.7346.7832.7373.1157.97165.43115.3364.05137.64139.7753.6435.75200.65130.6071.99143.79285.2093.8772.23186.18135.41182.49131.39118.71171.22320.1099.2887.26227.20154.67139.36OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On

MinAvgMax9800GT63.071.980.9GTX 460114.5126.1137.6GTX 680143.8157.5171.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OnNVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.1450100150200250

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMax9800GT70.388.0105.6GTX 460113.7126.8139.8GTX 680285.2302.7320.1OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.1480160240320400

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1280 x 1024

MinAvgMax9800GT26.628.229.8GTX 46046.850.253.6GTX 68093.996.699.3OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 3.0Resolution: 1280 x 1024NVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.1420406080100

Unigine Heaven

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMax9800GT12.014.116.2GTX 46032.734.235.8GTX 68072.279.787.3OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Heaven 3.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.1420406080100

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMax9800GT36.036.036.0GTX 46073.173.173.1GTX 680186.2186.2186.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 304.4350100150200250

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

MinAvgMax9800GT34.334.334.3GTX 46058.058.058.0GTX 680135.4135.4135.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080NVIDIA 304.434080120160200

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

MinAvgMax9800GT112.6127.2141.9GTX 460165.4183.0200.7GTX 680182.5204.8227.2OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighNVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.1460120180240300

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

MinAvgMax9800GT53.057.762.4GTX 460115.3123.0130.6GTX 680131.4143.0154.7OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraNVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.144080120160200

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

MinAvgMax9800GT28.129.130.1GTX 46064.168.072.0GTX 680118.7129.0139.4OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateNVIDIA 304.43NVIDIA 310.144080120160200

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