kernel 3.12 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ testing with a Gigabyte M61PME-S2 and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB on LinuxMint 16 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ck1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ext73-f1-27.0-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.13rc2 generic nouveau: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 512MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: ASUS VW193D OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.13.0-031300rc2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ck1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ext73-f1-27.0-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.2-ext73-f1-27.1-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Unigine Heaven 4.0 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 8.75 |====================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 8.70 |====================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 8.76 |====================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 8.79 |====================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 8.67 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 8.75 |====================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 8.76 |====================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 35.74 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 35.62 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 35.73 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 10.33 |=========== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 35.80 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 35.35 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 35.50 |===================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 35.68 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 10.54 |=========== Unigine Tropics 1.3 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 28.73 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 28.73 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 28.75 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 8.86 |=========== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 28.80 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 28.57 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 28.59 |===================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 28.70 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 9.06 |============ Nexuiz 2.5.2 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 73.40 |===================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 53.09 |========================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 73.34 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 74.08 |===================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 74.04 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 74.23 |===================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 73.68 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 22.88 |=========== OpenArena 0.8.8 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 87.83 |===================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 88.90 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 88.13 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 87.87 |===================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 87.93 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 88.23 |===================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 88.13 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 35.43 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 1440 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 39.0 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 11.2 MAX: 33.0 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 38.0 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 45.0 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 37.0 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 37.0 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . MIN: 4.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 39.0 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 28.1 MAX: 66.0 World of Padman 1.2 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 184.40 |==================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 186.23 |==================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 182.93 |=================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 183.77 |==================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 180.93 |=================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 184.50 |==================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 184.77 |==================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 116.17 |====================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 64.23 |===================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 64.53 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 64.50 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 65.07 |===================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 64.20 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 64.27 |===================================== 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 64.03 |==================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 48.20 |=========================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 1440 x 900 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 44.0 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 40.0 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 49.0 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.5 MAX: 43.0 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 52.0 3.12.2 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 41.0 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... MIN: 4.0 AVG: 20.7 MAX: 90.0