NVIDIA's 352 Linux Driver Against Linux 4.1 With Nouveau Gallium3D

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 11 July 2015 at 01:20 PM EDT. Page 3 of 4. 7 Comments.
Open-Source vs. Blob NVIDIA Linux

The GTX 650 and GTX 680 were playable with Team Fortress 2 on Linux for Nouveau while the performance was significantly better on the proprietary driver.

Open-Source vs. Blob NVIDIA Linux
Open-Source vs. Blob NVIDIA Linux

As the GTX 650 shows, when the GPU and video memory are fully re-clocked the performance on Nouveau is decent for being an open-source, community-based driver, but the official driver reigns supreme.


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