DarkPlaces R600 Gallium3D Mesa 8.1
Benchmarking preview from Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel showing progress on Mesa 8.1-devel with R600 Radeon Gallium3D for DarkPlaces-based games, e.g. Nexuiz and Xonotic. More to come!


Mesa 8.0.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.1 (git-d38a295) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Mesa 8.1-devel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600JS-00M, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-3dd7b53) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.1 ..... 78.12 |=====================================================
Mesa 8.1-devel . 81.45 |=======================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.1 ..... 74.43 |====================================================
Mesa 8.1-devel . 78.78 |=======================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.1 ..... 62.86 |==============================================
Mesa 8.1-devel . 74.96 |=======================================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.1 ..... 22.76 |=====================================
Mesa 8.1-devel . 33.54 |=======================================================


Xonotic 0.5
Resolution: 800 x 600
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Mesa 8.0.1 ..... 96.95  |========================================
Mesa 8.1-devel . 130.39 |======================================================