Testing of the AMD Catalyst Linux drivers from Catalyst 12.1 through Catalyst 12.6+ on an AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics card from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the Linux 3.2 kernel. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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AMD Catalyst Radeon HD 7000 Series Linux
Testing of the AMD Catalyst Linux drivers from Catalyst 12.1 through Catalyst 12.6+ on an AMD Radeon HD 7950 Southern Islands graphics card from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the Linux 3.2 kernel. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com.
,,"Catalyst 12.1","Catalyst 12.2","Catalyst 12.3","Catalyst 12.4","Catalyst 12.6 Beta","fglrx 8.99.2 Beta","fglrx 9.0.0 Beta"
Processor,,Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores),Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)
Motherboard,,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0,ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0
Chipset,,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM,Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM
Memory,,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB,8192MB
Disk,,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3,240GB OCZ VERTEX3
Graphics,,AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz),AMD Radeon HD 7900 3072MB (900/1375MHz)
Audio,,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892,Realtek ALC892
Monitor,,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster,SyncMaster
Network,,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205,Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205
OS,,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10,Ubuntu 11.10
Kernel,,3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64),3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)
Desktop,,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0,Unity 4.22.0
Display Server,,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4,X Server 1.10.4
Display Driver,,fglrx 8.93.4 Catalyst 12.1,fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.2,fglrx 8.95.3 Catalyst 12.3,fglrx 8.96.4 Catalyst 12.4,fglrx 8.98.2 Catalyst 12.6,fglrx 8.99.2,fglrx 9.0.0
OpenGL,,4.2.11399,4.2.11554,4.2.11566,4.2.11631,4.2.11733,4.2.11720,4.2.11806
Compiler,,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1,GCC 4.6.1
File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4
Screen Resolution,,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600,2560x1600
,,"Catalyst 12.1","Catalyst 12.2","Catalyst 12.3","Catalyst 12.4","Catalyst 12.6 Beta","fglrx 8.99.2 Beta","fglrx 9.0.0 Beta"
"Prey - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,,151.10,151.23,152.50,149.50,149.53,151.80
"Warsow - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,336.10,323.27,323.93,324.53,307.60,314.10,321.43
"OpenArena - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,180.23,178.07,174.03,176.93,170.37,173.77,173.20
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,270.20,274.08,273.09,270.71,268.09,272.82,277.71
"Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low (FPS)",HIB,274.04,276.84,273.59,273.21,267.92,274.23,278.68
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,192.25,192.13,189.78,190.36,188.56,188.94,192.93
"Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,176.89,176.24,174.47,174.09,169.03,170.59,171.59
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,141.11,141.00,140.68,139.18,139.75,139.16,141.04
"Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,133.88,135.02,134.04,133.56,131.97,131.46,134.60
"Xonotic - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,125.31,127.15,126.74,125.57,125.41,125.33,127.30
"Xonotic - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,110.71,111.52,111.65,110.91,108.89,109.66,110.85
"LuxMark - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room (Score)",HIB,777,702,703,723,711,727,
"LuxMark - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala (Score)",HIB,1280,961,1428,985,972,1012,
"LuxMark - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR (Score)",HIB,9703,6597,6588,6811,6630,6779,
"Doom 3 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,220.70,223.44,224.40,227.93,221.60,223.03,231.93
"Lightsmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,482.71,492.57,506.11,494.89,476.24,480.27,504.62
"Unigine Sanctuary - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,49.69,196.93,197.64,197.78,195.25,195.18,193.54
"Unigine Sanctuary - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,30.59,122.13,121.83,121.86,117.06,117.05,115.68
"Unigine Tropics - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,53.90,147.60,151.27,151.20,149.65,149.57,150.28
"Unigine Tropics - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (FPS)",HIB,25.25,98.88,102.40,102.34,99.54,99.48,99.55