Ubuntu 15.10 Upgraded Radeon Graphics
Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF and XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB on Ubuntu 15.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.5.0-rc1amdgpu-pp+ (x86_64) 20160125, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.6.99, OpenGL: 4.1 Mesa 11.2.0-devel (padoka PPA) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 78.68 |===================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 60.56 |===========================


Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 70.67 |===================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 64.03 |================================


Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 105.58 |==================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 90.37  |=============================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 60.49 |===================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 45.00 |==========================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 255.68 |==================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 216.79 |=============================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 131.30 |==================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 131.95 |==================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 117.26 |==================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 113.50 |=================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
R9 290 - Linux 4.5 + Mesa 11.2-dev . 97.59 |===================================
R9 290 - Linux 4.2 + Mesa 11.0.2 ... 91.86 |=================================