NVIDIA Mobile: Nouveau vs. The Linux Binary Driver
These benchmark results shouldn't come as a huge surprise given past Nouveau performance figures. Sadly with no major re-clocking improvements for Nouveau in the Linux 3.11 kernel, it's now out of the scope for being improved during the Ubuntu 13.10 development cycle. At least Mesa 9.2 is coming soon to Ubuntu 13.10 and it should bring some Nouveau Gallium3D improvements. Stay tuned for more diverse NVIDIA hardware tests on Ubuntu 13.10 as the October release approaches.
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