TKM Actually got the drivers for the GTX 970. Not everything works perfectly, but it's there now. Still have problems with booting and ACPI probe is still failing, I have to use nomodeset to correctly load Ubuntu.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1601032-SO-TKM67917815&gru .
TKM Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution GTX 970 test with drivers Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores) Gigabyte H97M-D3H Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 8192MB 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1ER1 Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 14.04 3.19.0-42-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.6 X Server 1.17.1 nouveau 1.0.11 4.3.0 GCC 4.8 ext4 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org
TKM openarena: 1920 x 1080 unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Windowed unigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Windowed gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreen GTX 970 test with drivers 437.50 53.52 48.60 228.13 88939 91003 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 GTX 970 test with drivers 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 0.97, N = 3 437.50 MIN: 1
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed GTX 970 test with drivers 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 5.40, N = 6 53.52
Unigine Valley Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 970 test with drivers 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 48.60
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate GTX 970 test with drivers 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 1.13, N = 3 228.13 MIN: 49 / MAX: 526
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed GTX 970 test with drivers 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K SE +/- 354.56, N = 3 88939
GpuTest Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen OpenBenchmarking.org Points, More Is Better GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen GTX 970 test with drivers 20K 40K 60K 80K 100K SE +/- 145.96, N = 3 91003
OpenArena Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time GTX 970 test with drivers 2 4 6 8 10 Min: 1 / Avg: 2.28 / Max: 6
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4