AMD R9 290 Catalyst Linux 13.11 Trying out the latest AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta driver on AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics card. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Counter-Strike Source Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 220.56 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 220.88 |=================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 135.59 |================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 139.24 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 204.27 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 199.53 |================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 443.13 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 442.80 |=================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 52.25 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 54.52 |==================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 113.82 |================================= R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 119.86 |=================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 103.26 |================================= R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 110.14 |=================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 58.64 |================================= R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 64.18 |==================================== Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 168.87 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 168.93 |=================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 399.77 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 403.33 |=================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 142.48 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 142.59 |=================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: GiMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 4268 |===================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 4267 |===================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 2560 |================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 2751 |===================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: TessMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 4806 |===================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 4806 |===================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 376 |====================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 376 |====================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Points > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 1421 |=================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 1489 |===================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room Score > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 882 |====================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 867 |===================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala Score > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 566 |====================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 566 |====================================== LuxMark 2.1beta1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... 2823 |===================================== R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . 2823 |===================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 64.0 R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 65.0 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 9.0 R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 9.0 Unvanquished Alpha 21 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6 .... MIN: 3.0 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 18.0 R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 18.0