NVIDIA GeForce Linux Threaded OpenGL Optimizations AMD FX-8150 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Kepler graphics card. Comparing the NVIDIA 304.51 Linux driver to the NVIDIA 310.14 Beta Linux graphics driver. Testing the NVIDIA threaded OpenGL optimizations under Linux with the LD_PRELOAD="libpthread.so.0 libGL.so.1" __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 environment variables on NVIDIA 310 Linux driver for Linux. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com. NVIDIA 304.51: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.51, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.51, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA 310.14: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 333.60 |========================= NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 355.60 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 246.00 |=================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 127.48 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 142.36 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 63.55 |============ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 235.40 |======================= NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 271.83 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 94.03 |========= World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 351.90 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 352.43 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 110.27 |======== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 519.10 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 586.00 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 268.27 |============ Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 77.66 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 80.84 |============================ NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 76.97 |=========================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 63.99 |======================= NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 76.77 |============================ NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 73.68 |=========================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 . 180.25 |================================================== NVIDIA 310.14 . 196.44 |======================================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 . 124.27 |============================================ NVIDIA 310.14 . 154.39 |======================================================= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 144.27 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 160.93 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 56.50 |========= VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 111.38 |===================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 140.48 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 40.11 |======== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 438.90 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 436.47 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 157.10 |========== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 225.08 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 249.11 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 157.36 |================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 170.38 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 195.68 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 122.69 |================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 122.03 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 135.78 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 92.11 |================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA 304.51 ............................. 109.64 |======================== NVIDIA 310.14 ............................. 125.66 |=========================== NVIDIA 310.14 + GL Threaded Optimizations . 86.85 |===================