Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Linux graphics gaming comparison. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz).
Changed Graphics to eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz).
Changed Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz).
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 July 2015 16:14 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB (980/3004MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 July 2015 16:14 by user pts.
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 July 2015 19:16 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (875/3500MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 July 2015 19:16 by user pts.
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 July 2015 21:54 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6144MB (999/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 20 July 2015 21:54 by user pts.
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 July 2015 22:10 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 1024MB (1019/2505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 21 July 2015 22:10 by user pts.
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 22 July 2015 09:31 by user pts.
Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12288MB (1001/3505MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection
OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.21, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Testing initiated at 22 July 2015 09:31 by user pts.