AMD R9 290 Catalyst Linux 13.11

Trying out the latest AMD Catalyst 13.11 Beta driver on AMD Radeon R9 290 graphics card. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6
November 20 2013
 
R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4
November 23 2013
 
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AMD R9 290 Catalyst Linux 13.11, "Unvanquished Alpha 21 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time", Lower Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6", "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4", "Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time", Lower Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6", "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4", "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Total Frame Time", Lower Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6", "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4", "Unigine Valley 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",59.4106,58.4645,58.0356 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",64.117,64.1956,64.226 "Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",103.795,103.04,102.951 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",110.04,110.22,110.157 "Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",114.402,113.562,113.499 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",119.957,119.914,119.704 "GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",1487,1423,1381,1394 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",1489,1489,1489 "Unigine Heaven 4.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",53.6198,51.6686,51.4519 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",54.5341,54.5371,54.4904 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",136.6663665,135.6373684,134.4749168 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",137.6280948,136.2914806,143.7957997 "OpenArena 0.8.8 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",204.4,204.1,204.3 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",200.1,198.3,200.2 "LuxMark 2.1beta1 - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Room", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",884,879,883 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",872,866,864 "Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",404.8,405.1,389.4 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",399.4,406.2,404.4 "Counter-Strike Source - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",218.28,221.43,221.96 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",221.49,220.35,220.81 "Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Ultimate", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",141.7140383,142.6207302,143.0931309 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",143.8978547,142.0816517,141.7895432 "Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",443.1,443.2,443.1 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",442.8,443.5,442.1 "Unvanquished Alpha 21 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",168.9,168.9,168.8 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",169.1,168.9,168.8 "GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: GiMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",4265,4274,4265 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",4265,4266,4271 "LuxMark 2.1beta1 - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",2824,2823,2823 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",2823,2823,2823 "LuxMark 2.1beta1 - OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Sala", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",566,566,566 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",566,566,566 "GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",376,376,376 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",376,376,376 "GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: TessMark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",4807,4806,4806 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",4807,4806,4806 "GpuTest 0.6.0 - Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1600", Higher Results Are Better "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta 6",2499,2788,2496,2555,2443,2578 "R9 290 - Catalyst 13.11 Beta v9.4",2520,2458,2768,2915,2924,2921