BioShock Infinite Runs Much Faster For RadeonSI On Mesa Git: ~40%

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Phoronix: BioShock Infinite Runs Much Faster For RadeonSI On Mesa Git: ~40%

Earlier this week the deferred flushes change landed in Radeon Gallium3D code for reportedly offering 23%+ performance improvements in BioShock Infinite as one example. I've tested out BioShock Infinite and other changes to confirm the performance differences...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RadeonSI-Mesa-Git-BioShock-Test

[dungeon]

And now it is CPU bound, crying for profilicus variablicus as most VP games

[artivision]

And now it is CPU bound, crying for profilicus variablicus as most VP games

Its not exactly CPU bound, its CPU targeted at 60fps plus more quality or less consumption. Not all those benchmarks make sense (because they are not really benchmarks now).

[dungeon]

Its not exactly CPU bound.

No it isn't , both red and green blobs run it with threadedGL profilicus variablicus

[boxie]

oh wow - them be some good numbers!

[Barnabas]

This looks really strange...like there is a FPS limit or something going on with this game.
The gains are very impressive though, which would indicate that there is not a limit present.

Anyway, props to Marek Olšák for the updates!

[Michael]

This looks really strange...like there is a FPS limit or something going on with this game.
The gains are very impressive though, which would indicate that there is not a limit present.

Anyway, props to Marek Olšák for the updates!

And the NVIDIA numbers don't hit this limit...

[boxie]

And the NVIDIA numbers don't hit this limit...

Do the amdgpu-pro or nouveau drivers hit this limit?

[imirkin]

Looks like the second graph has the "old" fps values rather than the new

[Michael]

Looks like the second graph has the "old" fps values rather than the new

Right, just copied from the old article to show what the NVIDIA numbers are.