Kernel_3.12_vs_3.11_nvidia_331.17 AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. kernel_3.12: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (810/2004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200rc6-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 kernel_3.11: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (810/2004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.17, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better kernel_3.12 . 167.23 |======================================================== kernel_3.11 . 169.00 |========================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better kernel_3.12 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 77.0 kernel_3.11 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 80.0