Nouveau Git Maxwell Better

Nouveau Maxwell performance improvements. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1701159-RI-NOUVEAUGI60&gru&rdt.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGTX 980GTX 750 TiGTX 980GTX 750 Ti 11 Jan Git 11 Jan Git 14 Jan Git 14 Jan GitIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Skylake16384MB256GB TOSHIBA-RD400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MBRealtek ALC1150Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.104.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170104Unity 7.5.0X Server 1.18.4nouveau 1.0.134.1 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.41.0.21GCC 6.2.0 20161005ext41920x1080NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB4.3 Mesa 17.0.0-devel Gallium 0.4NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2048MBOpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveGraphics Details- EXAKernel Details- GTX 750 Ti: 11 Jan Git, GTX 750 Ti: 14 Jan Git: nouveau.config=NvBoost=2

bioshock-infinite: 1920 x 1080 - Lowcsgo: 1920 x 1080dota2: 1920 x 1080 - OpenGLetlegacy: Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080portal: 1920 x 1080tesseract: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltraGTX 980GTX 750 TiGTX 980GTX 750 Ti 11 Jan Git 11 Jan Git 14 Jan Git 14 Jan Git13.1823.926.4778.4380.9363.5651.31213.3375.7223.5926.6911.37138.23105.57101.7468.15329.65110.2216.8534.248.6788.1789.1378.9764.54219.0686.1644.1959.0325.33193.40138.07204.98155.86339.12188.38OpenBenchmarking.org

BioShock Infinite

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterBioShock InfiniteResolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low11 Jan Git14 Jan Git1020304050SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 313.1816.8523.5944.19

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterCounter-Strike: Global OffensiveResolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git1326395265SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 323.9234.2426.6959.03

Dota 2

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterDota 2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL11 Jan Git14 Jan Git612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 36.478.6711.3725.33

ET: Legacy

Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git4080120160200SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 378.4388.17138.23193.40

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git306090120150SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 380.9389.13105.57138.07

Portal

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterPortalResolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git4080120160200SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 363.5678.97101.74204.98

Tesseract

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterTesseract 2014-05-12Resolution: 1920 x 108011 Jan Git14 Jan Git306090120150SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.87, N = 351.3164.5468.15155.86

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low11 Jan Git14 Jan Git70140210280350SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.83, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3213.33219.06329.65339.12

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra11 Jan Git14 Jan Git4080120160200SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 375.7286.16110.22188.38

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

GTX 980GTX 750 TiOpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time11 Jan Git14 Jan Git612182430Min: 5 / Avg: 12.3 / Max: 26Min: 4 / Avg: 11.14 / Max: 26Min: 5 / Avg: 9.43 / Max: 21Min: 4 / Avg: 7.28 / Max: 20

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