Radeon Linux 4.5 - ATI DDX vs. Mode-Setting Performance

Radeon DRM tests from Linux 4.5 while testing xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-modesetting for impact on 3D OpenGL Linux gaming performance.

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R9 290 - Radeon DDX
January 29 2016
 
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January 31 2016
 
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Radeon Linux 4.5 - ATI DDX vs. Mode-Setting Performance Radeon DRM tests from Linux 4.5 while testing xf86-video-ati and xf86-video-modesetting for impact on 3D OpenGL Linux gaming performance. R9 290 - Radeon DDX: 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 - Modesetting DDX: 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: modesetting 1.17.2, 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 GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 1706 |============================================== R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 1699 |============================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 115.66 |============================================ R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 116.80 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 146.30 |=========================================== R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 151.23 |============================================ Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 180.33 |============================================ R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 177.68 |=========================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 38.39 |============================================= R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 38.47 |============================================= Team Fortress 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 74.52 |============================================= R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 72.45 |============================================ Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 107.84 |============================================ R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 108.60 |============================================ DiRT Showdown Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Multi-Sampling: 8x MSAA Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 46.97 |============================================= R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 46.43 |============================================ Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better R9 290 - Radeon DDX ...... 81.70 |============================================= R9 290 - Modesetting DDX . 82.41 |=============================================