Cairo Perf-trace Intel Core 2 6420 testing with a Gigabyte P35-DS4 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB on LinuxMint 13 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Standard 310.14: Processor: Intel Core 2 6420 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS4, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 400GB Hitachi HDT72504, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (650/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Mint 14 with corrupt Nvidia 310.14: Processor: Intel Core 2 6420 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS4, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 400GB Hitachi HDT72504, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (650/950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: LinuxMint 14, Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better Standard 310.14 .................... 58.27 |========================== Mint 14 with corrupt Nvidia 310.14 . 79.76 |=================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better Mint 14 with corrupt Nvidia 310.14 . 2.75 |==================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better Mint 14 with corrupt Nvidia 310.14 . 4.88 |====================================