Open-Source NVIDIA Driver Approaches Stable State

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 13 April 2012 at 01:00 AM EDT. Page 11 of 12. 9 Comments.
Nouveau Linux 3.4 Mesa 8.1-devel

Xonotic at 1920 x 1080 with high-quality settings only had the GeForce 9800GTX that could push above 60 FPS with the open-source NVIDIA Linux driver. Meanwhile using the blob resulted in most hardware running above 100 FPS.

Nouveau Linux 3.4 Mesa 8.1-devel

When running Xonotic at the HD resolution but with low quality settings, the GeForce 8600GTS, 9500GT, and GT 220 were running at around the same speed between the two drivers.


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