kernel 3.12 AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ testing with a Gigabyte M61PME-S2 and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB on LinuxMint 16 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ck1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, 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: 1440x900 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, 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: 1440x900 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ext73-f1-27.0-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, 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: 1440x900 3.13rc2 generic nouveau: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 512MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Monitor: ASUS VW193D OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.13.0-031300rc2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ck1-ck (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ @ 2.71GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250318AS + 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 1024MB (700/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.12.1-ext73-f1-27.0-k8-ags-cfs (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.0.14, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 331.20, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Unigine Heaven 4.0 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 8.75 |====================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 8.70 |====================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 8.76 |====================================== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 8.79 |====================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 8.67 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 8.75 |====================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 35.74 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 35.62 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 35.73 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 10.33 |=========== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 35.80 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 35.35 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 35.50 |===================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 ........... 28.73 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 ....... 28.73 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 ....... 28.75 |===================================== 3.13rc2 generic nouveau .......... 8.86 |=========== 3.12 -ck nvidia 331.20 eXt73 ..... 28.80 |===================================== 3.12 generic nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 28.57 |===================================== 3.12.1 eXt73 nvidia 331.20 eXt73 . 28.59 |=====================================