NVIDIA Optimus On Ubuntu 13.10 Linux vs. Windows 8.1

Written by Michael Larabel in Graphics Cards on 17 December 2013 at 04:00 PM EST. Page 3 of 5. 19 Comments.
ASUS Zenbook - Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10
ASUS Zenbook - Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10

With the older Unigine Engine tests were back to the same story of where the "out of the box" experience is just using the Intel HD Graphics 4000, the NVIDIA GT 620M performance is piss poor with Nouveau via DRI PRIME, and when using Bumblebee the performance is better but still coming in short of Windows.

ASUS Zenbook - Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10
ASUS Zenbook - Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10

Unigine Valley doesn't do any better for the Ubuntu Linux numbers.

ASUS Zenbook - Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10
ASUS Zenbook - Windows 8.1 vs. Ubuntu 13.10
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