AMD, NVIDIA GPU Drivers - Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Linux

Benchmarking of an AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics card under Microsoft Windows 7 Pro x64 and under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 Linux. Testing with stock distributions on same hardware. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Results from the GeForce GTX 680 benchmarking on the same system were also tossed in for reference.

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Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
April 30 2012
 
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April 30 2012
 
GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
April 30 2012
 
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April 30 2012
 
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AMD, NVIDIA GPU Drivers - Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 Linux Benchmarking of an AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics card under Microsoft Windows 7 Pro x64 and under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 Linux. Testing with stock distributions on same hardware. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. Results from the GeForce GTX 680 benchmarking on the same system were also tossed in for reference. ,,"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS","Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7","GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS","GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7" Processor,,Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores) Motherboard,,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset,,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory,,16384MB,,16384MB, Disk,,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,56GB,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,56GB Graphics,,AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),,NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio,,Realtek ALC892,,Realtek ALC892, Monitor,,SyncMaster,,, Network,,Realtek RTL8111/8168B,,Realtek RTL8111/8168B, OS,,Ubuntu 12.04,Windows NT,Ubuntu 12.04,Windows NT Kernel,,3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64),6.1 (x86_64),3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64),6.1 (x86_64) Desktop,,Unity 5.10.0,,Unity 5.10.0, Display Server,,X Server 1.11.3,,X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver,,fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4,,NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL,,4.2.11631,,4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler,,GCC 4.6,,GCC 4.6, File-System,,ext4,,ext4, Screen Resolution,,2560x1600,,2560x1600, ,,"Radeon HD 7950: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS","Radeon HD 7950: Windows 7","GeForce GTX 680: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS","GeForce GTX 680: Windows 7" "Lightsmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,456.19,804.71,597.43,848.66 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On (FPS)",HIB,123.14,135.05,201.66,171.04 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 1400 x 1050 (FPS)",HIB,79.34,80.77,104.67,115.27 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 1600 x 1200 (FPS)",HIB,71.08,69.21,91.76,96.25 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,66.60,65.01,84.83,88.23 "Unigine Heaven - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,44.85,43.91,51.38,57.47 "Unigine Sanctuary - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,197.96,190.29,212.58,207.90 "Unigine Sanctuary - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,121.89,120.38,121.87,127.16 "Unigine Tropics - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,153.57,148.58,172.26,174.90 "Unigine Tropics - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,102.49,101.37,105.98,112.34 "Warsow - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,319.50,347.73,417.60,406.50 "Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,174.89,199.61,257.56,236.77 "Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,128.26,137.40,172.00,167.98 "Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,109.89,113.81,117.18,120.68