HD 7950 vs. GTX 680 - Intel i7 Ivy Bridge Linux

Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler and AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands GPUs. Using the proprietary AMD and NVIDIA Linux graphics drivers on Ubuntu 12.04. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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HD 7950 vs. GTX 680 - Intel i7 Ivy Bridge Linux Suite 1.0.0 System Test suite extracted from HD 7950 vs. GTX 680 - Intel i7 Ivy Bridge Linux. pts/cairo-demos-1.0.1 chart-demo Demo: Charts pts/nexuiz-1.6.0 +vid_width 2560 +vid_height 1600 +r_hdr 1 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On pts/quake4-1.1.0 +set r_customWidth 2560 +set r_customHeight 1600 +set com_machineSpec 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra pts/prey-1.1.2 +set r_customWidth 2560 +set r_customHeight 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 1920 +vid_height 1080 +exec effects-ultimate.cfg Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate pts/cairo-demos-1.0.1 gears-demo Demo: Gears pts/warsow-1.3.2 +vid_customwidth 2560 +vid_customheight 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/cairo-perf-trace-1.0.1 gnome-terminal-vim Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim pts/cairo-perf-trace-1.0.1 firefox-canvas Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas pts/cairo-perf-trace-1.0.1 poppler Cairo Trace: Poppler pts/cairo-demos-1.0.1 fish-demo Demo: Fish pts/xonotic-1.2.0 +vid_width 2560 +vid_height 1600 +exec effects-ultimate.cfg Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate pts/unigine-heaven-1.4.0 -video_width 1280 -video_height 1024 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 pts/unigine-heaven-1.4.0 -video_width 1600 -video_height 1200 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 pts/unigine-heaven-1.4.0 -video_width 1920 -video_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/unigine-heaven-1.4.0 -video_width 2560 -video_height 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/cairo-demos-1.0.1 gradient-demo Demo: Gradients pts/luxmark-1.0.0 --mode=BENCHMARK_OCL_GPU --scene=LUXBALL_HDR OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR pts/luxmark-1.0.0 --mode=BENCHMARK_OCL_GPU --scene=SALA OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala pts/luxmark-1.0.0 --mode=BENCHMARK_OCL_GPU --scene=ROOM OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room pts/vdrift-1.2.0 2560 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/doom3-1.1.0 +set r_customWidth 2560 +set r_customHeight 1600 +set com_machineSpec 3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra pts/unigine-sanctuary-1.5.1 -video_width 1920 -video_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/unigine-sanctuary-1.5.1 -video_width 2560 -video_height 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 pts/unigine-tropics-1.5.2 -video_width 1920 -video_height 1080 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pts/unigine-tropics-1.5.2 -video_width 2560 -video_height 1600 Resolution: 2560 x 1600