NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - Windows vs. Ubuntu Linux

A performance comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler under Linux and Windows with the latest proprietary driver for each. Same hardware between OS installs of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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