Nouveau Fermi Driver / Hardware Comparison
Nouveau NVC0 performance relative to binary driver and other NVIDIA GPU families.


GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB (660/950MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (660/950MHz)

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/950MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 (625/400MHz)

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (1350/540MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 2816MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)

	OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 89.22  |=========
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 236.69 |========================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 50.20  |=====
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 67.22  |=======
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 26.66  |===
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 328.82 |==================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 46.72  |=========
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 101.68 |===================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 24.15  |====
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 26.28  |=====
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 12.12  |==
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 186.63 |==================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 228.17 |============
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 669.57 |==================================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 207.67 |===========
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 385.67 |====================
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 112.73 |======
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 669.50 |==================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 151.10 |=========
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 417.40 |=========================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 86.90  |=====
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 124.90 |========
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 33.40  |==
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 557.43 |==================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 189.07 |============
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 527.40 |==================================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 189.57 |============
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 405.83 |==========================
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 95.13  |======
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 505.40 |=================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 148.80 |==========
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 450.73 |==============================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 90.60  |======
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 125.23 |========
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 36.90  |==
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 509.83 |==================================


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 114.77 |=================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 232.23 |==================================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 117.10 |=================
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 229.93 |==================================
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 62.63  |=========
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 230.17 |==================================


Urban Terror 4.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 108.53 |================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 228.30 |==================================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 76.00  |===========
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 10.00  |=
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 30.80  |=====
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 227.27 |==================================


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 171.48 |==================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 80.02  |================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 106.14 |=====================
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 10.04  |==
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 60.17  |============
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 106.79 |=====================


VDrift 2010-06-30
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce 9800GT: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 77.12 |===================================
GeForce 9800GT: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 35.13 |================
GeForce GT 220: Nouveau Gallium3D .. 43.38 |====================
GeForce GT 220: NVIDIA 270.30 ...... 9.32  |====
GeForce GTX 460: Nouveau Gallium3D . 17.63 |========
GeForce GTX 460: NVIDIA 270.30 ..... 57.61 |==========================