Open-Source Nouveau Driver Remains Slow For NVIDIA's Fermi, Kepler

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 29 October 2013. Page 3 of 6. Add A Comment
GeForce Kepler / Fermi Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux

When running the id Tech 4 Prey game, only the GeForce GTX 680 graphics card was close to running at 60 FPS on Nouveau.

GeForce Kepler / Fermi Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux

Even for the ioquake3-powered Reaction game, the only graphics card capable of delivering consistently playable frame-rates was the GeForce GTX 680.

GeForce Kepler / Fermi Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux

The Unigine engine results are obviously very disappointing with the graphics card's core, shader, and memory clocks stuck to very low frequencies with Nouveau.


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