baseline Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 and AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB on LinuxMint 13 via the Phoronix Test Suite. no-tweeks: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 5.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 115GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB KINGSTON SNV425S + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (940/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: PL1706, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-32-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 vsync-off: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 5.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 115GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB KINGSTON SNV425S + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (940/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: PL1706, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-32-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 vsync-off-9.1.11: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 5.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68AP-D3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 115GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 128GB KINGSTON SNV425S + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (940/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: PL1706, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-32-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11978, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better no-tweeks . 63.64 |============================================================ vsync-off . 60.76 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better vsync-off . 141.07 |=========================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better vsync-off ........ 241.16 |=================================================== vsync-off-9.1.11 . 247.25 |====================================================