Re: 3D graphics benchmarks for FOSS drivers?

In comp.os.linux.hardware John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

R. Steven Rainwater wrote:

[ benchmarking graphics adapter ]

I did a quick shell hack:
cat /proc/pci | grep VGA | colrm 1 4 ; cat /proc/cpuinfo | \
egrep "model name|MHz" ; xdpyinfo | grep version: ; glxinfo | \
grep -A2 "direct rendering" ; glxgears & sleep 25 ; killall glxgears

The above hack gave the following result on my Radeon 9200:

VGA compatible controller: PCI device 1002:5961 (ATI Technologies Inc)
(rev 1).
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
cpu MHz : 2598.767
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz
cpu MHz : 2598.767
X.Org version: 6.8.0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
13187 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2637.400 FPS
14505 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2901.000 FPS
14588 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2917.600 FPS
14594 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2918.800 FPS
13883 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2776.600 FPS

I have tuned my xorg.conf with the following options in the Device
section:

Option "AGPMode" "4"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"

If some more people try the same script and post the result we might be
able to get a picture of the performance difference between different
cards and drivers.

Wouldn't call the outcome "tuning"?

OK. Here's my info (note that I have two hyperthreaded CPUs, not four
physical CPUs):

VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 NG [FireGL
X1] (rev 80)
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
cpu MHz : 3067.209
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
cpu MHz : 3067.209
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
cpu MHz : 3067.209
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.06GHz
cpu MHz : 3067.209
X.Org version: 6.9.0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.2
20352 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4070.318 FPS
20986 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4197.098 FPS
20994 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4198.720 FPS
20847 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4169.368 FPS

That's with the 8.23 version of ATI's drivers. With the newest 8.24
version:

21138 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4227.480 FPS
21188 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4237.599 FPS
21162 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4232.217 FPS
21156 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4231.124 FPS

Mh, looks like a configuration problem or you have been ripped
off completely with your $$ machines? This is just a single CPU
box:

model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
cpu MHz : 2000.000
X.Org version: 7.0.0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
54457 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10891.298 FPS
54431 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10886.148 FPS
54434 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10886.640 FPS
54432 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10886.289 FPS

Running FC5, with nothing I'd call even near highend:

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/cards/0
Model: GeForce 6600 GT

Still it outperforms your systems in order of magnitudes. Strange
isn't it?

One guess would be you haven't enabled agpgart or whatever you
use with ATI enabled properly?

Another, cheapo AMD + evil nvidia driver outperform overpriced
Intel + evil ATI driver easily. Sadly you might have only paid
for all the marketing hype, but disappointing performance is all
you got.

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