Ubuntu 14.04 History + Catalyst - HD 4870 AMD Opteron 2384 testing with a TYAN S2927/S2927-E and AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB testing of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for a future article by Michael Larabel. Testing various Ubuntu releases of Radeon R600 Gallium3D and then Catalyst on Ubuntu legacy. Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4800 512MB, Audio: ATI HD48x0 audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.88.7, OpenGL: 3.3.11005, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 11.10: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: ATI HD48x0 audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: AMD ATI RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: AMD ATI RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 13.10: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: AMD RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ubuntu 14.04: Processor: AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2927/S2927-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 64GB AGILITY-EX, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: AMD RV770 HDMI Audio, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0-rc1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 97.41 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 24.10 |=========== Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 26.18 |============ Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 53.35 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 57.16 |=========================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 53.58 |========================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 288.60 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 142.43 |====================== Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 92.50 |============== Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 162.37 |========================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 188.40 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 216.93 |================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 133.73 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 55.58 |=================== Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 26.60 |========= Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 30.25 |========== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 90.48 |============================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 92.27 |=============================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . MIN: 2 AVG: 6 MAX: 47 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 3 AVG: 16 MAX: 45 Ubuntu 12.10 ............ MIN: 3 AVG: 37 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 13.04 ............ MIN: 5 AVG: 32 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 13.10 ............ MIN: 5 AVG: 11 MAX: 31 Ubuntu 14.04 ............ MIN: 5 AVG: 11 MAX: 26 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 9.50 |=== Ubuntu 13.04 . 50.83 |================== Ubuntu 13.10 . 100.10 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 . 162.03 |======================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . MIN: 84 AVG: 93 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 13.04 . MIN: 9 AVG: 20 MAX: 37 Ubuntu 13.10 . MIN: 5 AVG: 10 MAX: 32 Ubuntu 14.04 . MIN: 3 AVG: 6 MAX: 29 Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 80.07 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 39.63 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 29.40 |================= Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 61.20 |=================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 62.67 |==================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 60.77 |=================================== Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . MIN: 1 AVG: 13 MAX: 31 Ubuntu 11.10 ............ MIN: 2 AVG: 26 MAX: 99 Ubuntu 12.10 ............ MIN: 7 AVG: 37 MAX: 76 Ubuntu 13.04 ............ MIN: 2 AVG: 16 MAX: 37 Ubuntu 13.10 ............ MIN: 2 AVG: 16 MAX: 46 Ubuntu 14.04 ............ MIN: 2 AVG: 17 MAX: 49 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 163.80 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 47.79 |============= Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 22.87 |====== Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 147.61 |========================================= Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 71.99 |==================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 152.15 |========================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 120.49 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 20.56 |======== Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 12.69 |===== Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 80.74 |============================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 52.14 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 96.19 |==================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 99.85 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 28.81 |============= Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 11.91 |===== Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 60.00 |============================ Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 47.06 |====================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 73.71 |================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 11674 |============================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 6510 |========================== Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 6937 |=========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 10069 |======================================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 8967 |=================================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 8984 |=================================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 857 |========================================== Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 464 |======================= Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 637 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 641 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 594 |============================= Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 989 |================================================ GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 11.10 + Catalyst . 191314 |============================================= Ubuntu 11.10 ............ 29153 |======= Ubuntu 12.10 ............ 29351 |======= Ubuntu 13.04 ............ 83251 |==================== Ubuntu 13.10 ............ 78953 |=================== Ubuntu 14.04 ............ 79068 |=================== GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 31560 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 . 96028 |========================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 . 72559 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 . 21620 |============= GpuTest 0.6.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Points > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 . 31577 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 . 95949 |========================================================= Ubuntu 13.10 . 72653 |=========================================== Ubuntu 14.04 . 14771 |=========