MSAA Gallium3D AMD RadeonSI Ubuntu Linux
MSAA benchmarks of RadeonSI Gallium3D using an AMD Radeon R9 270X. Benchmarks by michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. The MSAA was broken for Source Engine games!


No MSAA: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

2x MSAA: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

4x MSAA: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

6x MSAA: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R9 270X 2048MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.6 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


Counter-Strike Source
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No MSAA . 156.57 |==========================================================
2x MSAA . 157.48 |==========================================================
4x MSAA . 166.02 |=============================================================
6x MSAA . 155.91 |=========================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No MSAA . 163.80 |=============================================================
2x MSAA . 125.60 |===============================================
4x MSAA . 104.70 |=======================================
6x MSAA . 71.57  |===========================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
No MSAA . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 6.0   MAX: 17.0 
2x MSAA . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 7.8   MAX: 41.0 
4x MSAA . MIN: 3.0  AVG: 9.5   MAX: 43.0 
6x MSAA . MIN: 4.0  AVG: 14.0  MAX: 36.0 


Portal
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No MSAA . 269.78 |=============================================================
2x MSAA . 266.13 |============================================================
4x MSAA . 262.34 |===========================================================
6x MSAA . 243.79 |=======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No MSAA . 226.02 |=============================================================
2x MSAA . 220.25 |===========================================================
4x MSAA . 205.94 |========================================================
6x MSAA . 140.50 |======================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
No MSAA . 147.44 |=============================================================
2x MSAA . 120.18 |==================================================
4x MSAA . 96.13  |========================================
6x MSAA . 66.73  |============================