For a future article on Michael Larabel's Phoronix.com looking at PCI Express 2.0 (PCI-E 2.0) performance when using the open-source Radeon driver stack (latest Linux kernel Radeon DRM, Mesa 8.0 R600g Gallium3D, xf86-video-ati Git DDX) and toggling the radeon.pcie_gen2 kernel module parameter on a few different ATI/AMD Radeon graphics cards with PCI Express 2.0 support under Ubuntu Linux.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon 6900 2048MB.
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB (700/1150MHz).
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB.
Changed Graphics to ATI Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (960/1150MHz).
Changed Graphics to ATI Radeon HD 4770 [RV740] 512MB (750/799MHz).
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz).
Changed Graphics to AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB (650/400MHz).
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Testing initiated at 13 January 2012 14:17 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 13 January 2012 14:57 by user phoronix.
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 13 January 2012 15:51 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon 6900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 13 January 2012 16:00 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB (700/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 13 January 2012 16:13 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5750 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 13 January 2012 16:31 by user phoronix.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 06:28 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (960/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 07:00 by user phoronix.
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 07:20 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4770 [RV740] 512MB (750/799MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 07:31 by user phoronix.
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 07:47 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4890 1024MB (900/975MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 08:09 by user phoronix.
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 08:25 by user phoronix.
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5450 512MB (650/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-030200-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 8.0-devel (git-baab68e) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1 + llvm 2.9 (Ubuntu 2.9+dfsg-3ubuntu2), File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 14 January 2012 09:02 by user phoronix.