MSI GeForce GTX 680 on Linux Review @ Phoronix

Published: Apr 17th 2012, 13:36 GMT

[Phoronix] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
After some delays in getting the hardware, we finally have our extensive review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 “Kepler” graphics card with testing and benchmark results under Ubuntu Linux. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 is one mighty performer and pleasing open-source customers will be the independent option of being able to use this inaugural Kepler graphics card with the open-source, reverse-engineered Nouveau driver.

The GeForce 600 series launched last month with the introduction of the high-end GTX 680 desktop model and a few mobile/notebook offerings too. With four weeks already having passed (or several months since the architecture was first detailed and leaks began to appear), chances are you’ve likely already read about the Kepler architecture and compared it to AMD’s new architecture for the Radeon HD 7000 “Southern Islands” that’s already been shipping for months. As such, this article will just be looking at the Linux aspect of running a Kepler graphics card, since this is the first major review of any Kepler graphics card under Linux on the Internet and where Phoronix provides its value. With the official NVIDIA Linux graphics driver also being largely shared across all their Unix-like platforms, most of this information and results should also largely be the same for FreeBSD and Solaris users too.





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