Ubuntu 13.10 Linux 3.10 NVIDIA Testing
Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO (Lenovo ThinkPad W510) and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB graphics card on Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. Quick Nouveau vs. NVIDIA binary driver benchmarking from Ubuntu 13.10 repo as of 6 July. benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.


Nouveau - Stock: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.8, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

NVIDIA 319.32: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

	OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.10.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.1, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.32, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0, Chipset: AMD, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 3001GB Hitachi HDS72303 + 82GB Maxtor 4D080H4, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB (760/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168

	OS: Fedora 19, Kernel: 3.9.9-301.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.8.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.32, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 20130603, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024


CoreBreach 1.1.6
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - FSAA: 0
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 153 |========
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 385 |====================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 922 |=================================================


Doom 3 1.3.1
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 28.37 |=====================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 72.67 |======================================================


ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 7.00   |=
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 195.60 |=======================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 398.40 |==============================================


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 18.96  |=======
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 53.47  |===================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 130.75 |==============================================


OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 132.07 |============
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 296.77 |==========================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 518.87 |==============================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 36.10  |======
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 76.07  |============
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 296.90 |==============================================


World of Padman 1.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 131.07 |==============
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 314.00 |==================================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 425.80 |==============================================


Prey 1.4.119
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 6.00  |=====
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 65.57 |======================================================


Quake 4 1.4.2
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 33.87 |===================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 96.27 |======================================================


Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 45.12  |=======
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 132.37 |=====================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 287.43 |==============================================


Smokin Guns 1.1
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 128.35 |===================
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 232.10 |==================================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 313.33 |==============================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 80.23  |==========================
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 113.63 |====================================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 143.63 |==============================================


Warsow 1.0
Resolution: 1600 x 900
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock . 32.30 |======================================================
NVIDIA 319.32 ... 32.30 |======================================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 180.37 |============================
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 194.64 |==============================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 297.76 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 121.09 |===================
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 204.75 |===============================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 299.10 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 82.10  |================
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 134.52 |==========================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 237.73 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 46.07  |==========
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 108.10 |=======================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 213.53 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 51.42  |=============
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 81.78  |=====================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 182.83 |==============================================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Nouveau - Stock ........ 25.65  |==========
NVIDIA 319.32 .......... 48.87  |===================
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 . 117.56 |==============================================