Reclocking tests of the Nouveau driver using the nouveau/linux-2.6 GIt tree as of 28 January. Using a NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 since at the moment it seems to be the only working graphics card in the Phoronix collection. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. [ 14.875020] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 3 available performance level(s)
[ 14.875022] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0: core 135MHz shader 270MHz memory 135MHz voltage 850mV
[ 14.875024] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 1: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz voltage 850mV
[ 14.875027] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 3: core 625MHz shader 1360MHz memory 400MHz voltage 1100mV. This has GPU thermal results to accompany the other initial reclocking tests.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1201286-BY-NOUVEAUTH25
Nouveau GT220 NVIDIA Thermal Reclocking
Reclocking tests of the Nouveau driver using the nouveau/linux-2.6 GIt tree as of 28 January. Using a NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 since at the moment it seems to be the only working graphics card in the Phoronix collection. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. [ 14.875020] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 3 available performance level(s)
[ 14.875022] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 0: core 135MHz shader 270MHz memory 135MHz voltage 850mV
[ 14.875024] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 1: core 405MHz shader 810MHz memory 324MHz voltage 850mV
[ 14.875027] [drm] nouveau 0000:03:00.0: 3: core 625MHz shader 1360MHz memory 400MHz voltage 1100mV. This has GPU thermal results to accompany the other initial reclocking tests.
GT 220 - Nouveau Stock:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc1-nouveau+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-7434320) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-rc1-nouveau+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0-devel (git-7434320) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GT 220 - NVIDIA 290.10:
Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB (625/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 1.4 (2.1.2 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GT 220 - Nouveau Stock ..... 19.47 |==================
GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked . 25.70 |========================
GT 220 - NVIDIA 290.10 ..... 45.57 |===========================================
Doom 3 1.3.1
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
GT 220 - Nouveau Stock ..... MIN: 35.0 AVG: 42.8 MAX: 45.0
GT 220 - Nouveau Reclocked . MIN: 38.0 AVG: 49.4 MAX: 52.0
GT 220 - NVIDIA 290.10 ..... MIN: 39.0 AVG: 50.5 MAX: 55.0