graphics test results AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core testing with a ASUS M5A88-V EVO and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB on LinuxMint 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. big buck bunny: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A88-V EVO, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 2 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1E61, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB (901/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8169 PCI Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 1080p H.264 Video Playback 1.1 Video Decoding: OS X CoreVideo Percent big buck bunny . MIN: 0.9 AVG: 1.5 MAX: 1.8