MSI GX720 Gaming on different distro Gentoo 5.1 SSD nouveau 1.0.16 Ubuntu 18.0.4 Modesettings: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.20.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.4.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2 + LLVM 6.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Ubuntu 19.04 Modesettings: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.20.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Fedora 30 Modesettings: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: Fedora 30, Kernel: 5.0.10-300.fc30.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.22.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.3, Compiler: GCC 9.0.1 20190312, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 OpenMandriva LX4 Modesettings: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: OpenMandrivaLinux 4.0, Kernel: 5.0.12-desktop-1omv4000 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.90, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.1, Compiler: Clang 8.0.1 + GCC 9.1.0 20190503 + LLVM 8.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 ArchLinux nouveau 1.0.16: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 5.0.11-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.16, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.3, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Gentoo 5.0 HDD nouveau 1.0.16: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Western Digital WD2500BEVS-2, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 5.0.10-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.16, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.3, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Gentoo 5.1 SSD nouveau 1.0.16: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1722 (A1722IMS V1.11 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV96 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR242x / AR542x OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 5.1.1-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.16, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.0.3, Compiler: GCC 9.1.0 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.0.4 Modesettings .... 46.17 |============================= Ubuntu 19.04 Modesettings ..... 46.17 |============================= Fedora 30 Modesettings ........ 44.17 |=========================== OpenMandriva LX4 Modesettings . 31.15 |=================== ArchLinux nouveau 1.0.16 ...... 64.60 |======================================== Gentoo 5.0 HDD nouveau 1.0.16 . 56.23 |=================================== Gentoo 5.1 SSD nouveau 1.0.16 . 56.73 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.0.4 Modesettings .... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 38.0 Ubuntu 19.04 Modesettings ..... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 16.2 MAX: 39.0 Fedora 30 Modesettings ........ MIN: 2.0 AVG: 16.8 MAX: 40.0 OpenMandriva LX4 Modesettings . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 23.1 MAX: 60.0 ArchLinux nouveau 1.0.16 ...... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 15.4 MAX: 32.0 Gentoo 5.0 HDD nouveau 1.0.16 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.7 MAX: 25.0 Gentoo 5.1 SSD nouveau 1.0.16 . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 17.5 MAX: 24.0 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1440 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.0.4 Modesettings .... 10.83 |====================================== Ubuntu 19.04 Modesettings ..... 10.75 |===================================== Fedora 30 Modesettings ........ 10.88 |====================================== OpenMandriva LX4 Modesettings . 11.52 |======================================== ArchLinux nouveau 1.0.16 ...... 10.67 |===================================== Gentoo 5.0 HDD nouveau 1.0.16 . 10.91 |====================================== Gentoo 5.1 SSD nouveau 1.0.16 . 10.80 |======================================