NVIDIA 396.54 Linux Driver Offers Big Performance Boost For Frequent Gamers

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 22 August 2018 at 05:34 AM EDT. Page 5 of 6. 33 Comments.
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks

It's surprising this resource leak was able to last so long in the NVIDIA Linux driver, but a lot of fluctuations this year with the 390 series being close to the time of the switch-over to Ubuntu 18.04, all the kernel churn this year due to Spectre/Meltdown, the NVIDIA Linux team surely being busy with Volta and Turing driver work, etc. At the same time, the RADV and RadeonSI drivers have made much progress over 2018 as well.

NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks

Some of these differences are outright shocking.

NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks
NVIDIA Driver 396.54 Linux Benchmarks

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