AMD Radeon HD 6870 - Ubuntu Linux vs. Windows AMD Radeon HD 6870 benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux and Windows with the Catalyst drivers. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Ubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Kubuntu 12.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6800 1024MB (900/1050MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Windows 7 Pro: Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 Intel (8 Cores), Disk: 56GB OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 6.1 (x86_64) Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 110.14 |=========================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 101.33 |======================================= Windows 7 Pro . 141.85 |======================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 104.94 |============================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 97.33 |=========================================== Windows 7 Pro . 125.08 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 130.73 |=============================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 125.30 |============================= Windows 7 Pro . 235.70 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 120.97 |================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 117.30 |================================= Windows 7 Pro . 194.77 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 143.30 |======================================================= Kubuntu 12.10 . 133.67 |=================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 115.27 |============================================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 128.92 |================================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 128.97 |================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 143.10 |======================================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 94.93 |=================================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 94.95 |=================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 102.89 |======================================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 53.27 |================================================ Kubuntu 12.10 . 54.94 |================================================= Windows 7 Pro . 62.37 |======================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 111.58 |================================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 111.55 |================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 123.11 |======================================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 84.39 |==================================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 84.38 |=================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 91.76 |======================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 49.60 |================================================ Kubuntu 12.10 . 50.92 |================================================= Windows 7 Pro . 57.74 |======================================================== Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 38.81 |====================================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 38.80 |====================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 40.21 |======================================================== Unigine Heaven 2.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 30.71 |====================================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 30.73 |====================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 31.70 |======================================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 177.57 |========================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 347.93 |=================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 375.43 |======================================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 188.03 |============================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 311.77 |================================================= Windows 7 Pro . 350.07 |======================================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 171.60 |========================================= Kubuntu 12.10 . 182.00 |=========================================== Windows 7 Pro . 231.50 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 297.49 |======================================================= Kubuntu 12.10 . 291.44 |====================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 287.35 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 158.57 |========================================= Kubuntu 12.10 . 153.81 |======================================= Windows 7 Pro . 214.22 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 103.25 |======================================= Kubuntu 12.10 . 102.49 |======================================= Windows 7 Pro . 146.32 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 298.09 |======================================================= Kubuntu 12.10 . 292.39 |====================================================== Windows 7 Pro . 287.97 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 157.53 |============================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 154.19 |============================================= Windows 7 Pro . 190.05 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 12.10 .. 103.10 |============================================== Kubuntu 12.10 . 101.91 |============================================== Windows 7 Pro . 122.47 |=======================================================