Nouveau Linux 4.14 Mesa 17.4-dev vs. NVIDIA Nouveau tests for a future article on Phoronix. Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 750: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV117 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVE4 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVF1 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20171029, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 387.22, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 BioShock Infinite Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 750 .... 9.10 |==== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760 .... 13.05 |===== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti . 22.42 |========= NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750 ............. 35.49 |============== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760 ............. 48.93 |=================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti .......... 88.77 |=================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 750 .... 24.10 |============ Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760 .... 30.03 |=============== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti . 31.70 |================ NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750 ............. 59.17 |============================= NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760 ............. 71.00 |=================================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti .......... 70.90 |=================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 750 .... 198.20 |========================== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760 .... 233.14 |============================== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti . 230.83 |============================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750 ............. 237.43 |=============================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760 ............. 258.90 |================================= NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti .......... 263.73 |================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 750 .... 124.54 |============= Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760 .... 199.81 |==================== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti . 323.37 |================================= NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750 ............. 164.62 |================= NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760 ............. 235.83 |======================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti .......... 336.19 |================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760 .... 185.40 |======================== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti . 237.22 |============================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750 ............. 125.33 |================ NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760 ............. 235.64 |============================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti .......... 265.99 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 750 .... 30089 |=== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 760 .... 223715 |===================== Linux 4.14 + Mesa 17.4: GTX 780 Ti . 304047 |============================ NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 750 ............. 161540 |=============== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 760 ............. 286996 |=========================== NVIDIA 387.22: GTX 780 Ti .......... 366946 |==================================