D Graphics hardware performance using Free Software drivers X. Org DRI Free. 3D. This page grew out of a conversation on the Usenet comp. It can be frustrating for Free Software users to buy a new graphics card because there is very little information available about 3. DOpen. GL graphics support and performance in the Free Software community. Some users opt to install proprietary graphics card drivers because of the limited support available in current free software drivers. X. Org includes Direct Rendering Infrastructure DRI support for a variety of 3. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Officialize Win98 driverpacks Page 1 Installation Platforms DriverPacks. Forum The support forum for the DriverPacksLet me know the latest Drivers for VIAS3G UniChrome Pro IGP for Win XP system. Present Driver vtdisp. Version 6. 14. 0010. C Nagaraj. No more missed important software updates UpdateStar 11 lets you stay up to date and secure with the software on your computer. Video Card Benchmarks Over 200,000 Video Cards and 900 Models Benchmarked and compared in graph form This page is an alphabetical listing of video card models we. WTware terminal configuration file. Terminal features, parameters and their descriptions. AVzuxjkvG0U/Vc3TX19_7DI/AAAAAAAAIlQ/4HDBgSbbY3g/photo_asus_k40c-k40c-c220scenww_01_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800' alt='Via S3 Unichrome Driver' title='Via S3 Unichrome Driver' />D graphics hardware but often doesnt support every feature or doesnt offer performance as fast as that of the proprietary drivers. This website was created for those of us who prefer to use only Free Software or Open Source software. It provides information about video cards with 3. D acceleration support and benchmarks to give an idea of their performance. We also provide performance information for cards that rely solely on software emulation for 3. D support. The X. Org Wiki Radeon driver page needs to be updated with more information about what hardware is supported, who maintains the code, links to the GIT or CVS archives, and any other helpful info you can think of. Anyone is welcome to sign in and edit the page. See the X. Org nv page for ideas. The X. Org Wiki Intel i. GIT or CVS archives, and any other helpful info you can think of. Anyone is welcome to sign in and edit the page. See the X. Org nv page for ideas. The r. 30. 0 project has developed an experimental driver for ATI cards based on the R3. Radeon 9. 50. 0 and newer cards. The R3. 00 code has been moved into the Mesa CVS but still needs additional work. The nouveau project is attempting to reverse engineer n. Vidia 3. D acceleration and develop working DRI support for Xorg. They have developed a number of tools to assist with the process and need help primarily from software developers familiar with X and DRI. If you have n. Vidia hardware you dont need, donating it could be helpful The Utah. GLX project has some older code supporting the n. Vidia Riva, TNT, and Ge. Force hardware. This could could be ported to DRI and used in the nv driver, perhaps in conjunction with the nouveau project. No one is currently working on this. A volunteer familiar with X and DRI is needed. See the DRI n. Vidia page for details. The Open Graphics project is attempting to develop an Free Hardware design for a graphics card with 3. D acceleration and drivers that fully support X 3. DOpen. GL acceleration. They need help with hardware design review, documentation, driver development and more. To find out more or volunteer to help, visit one of these sites Wacco Project VGA is working on a more minimal Free Hardware design for a PCI graphics card that meets the complete VGA specification for around 1. Once done, they may work on a PCI E card and 2. D acceleration. To find general information on the status of DRI support for other hardware, check the Freedesktop DRI Status page and the Mesa DRI CVS. While not always up to date, the best overview of DRI support is the Freedesktop DRI Feature Matrix. If youre looking for general technical information on the hardware itself, a good starting place is the 3. D Chipset Specs website. To gather the results in the table below, a simple shell script was proposed Henrik Carlqvist in a comp. Michael Mauch and others. This script uses glxgears to get a frame rate for 3. D rendering. We are aware glxgears isnt intended as a benchmark. Its been compared to bogomips for graphics cards. But it is readily available on almost every computer running Xorg and provides an interesting, if non accurate baseline for comparing hardware. If you can propose something better that will run on as many systems without needing to download and compile special benchmarking tools, please let us know. But see the FAQ before emailing to complain that you think glxgears sucks as a benchmark. We already know that. This is the current version of the script. VGA procpci lspci grep VGA colrm 1 4. MHz proccpuinfo. A2 direct renderingOpen. GL vendor. vblankmode0 glxgears sleep 3. You can help by running this script on your hardware and reporting the results in the table below. The goal is to keep the list sorted in descending order by performance based on the glxgears FPS rating. If youre familiar with Wiki syntax, feel free to create an account and add your results directly to the table below. Otherwise, you can email them to me and Ill add them. Please note that we are only interested in the results produced by Free Software or Open Source Software. If you are using a proprietary driver your results will not be helpful to us. Note 1 on newer versions of glxgears, it may be necessary to add printfps to get the FPS number. Note 2 on recent versions of X. Org 7. 2 and newer xdpyinfo reports the XServer version instead of the X. Org version. So X. Org 7. 2 XServer 1. X. Org 7. 3 XServer 1. Dont worry about it, just send us the output. Note 3 Occasionally some distros dont report everything properly. Looks over your results and if you see some information missing thats in all the other results reported in the table below, try to look it up manually and include it. Thanks Note 4 The above script will run glxgears at the default priority on your system. It has been suggested that running it at a higher priority will be more accurate. While this will generate higher numbers, it probably doesnt reflect how your system is used in the real world. If youd like to try this, the following commands will do it. Realistically though, wed prefer you report the numbers you get at the default priority for two reasons, 1 it makes it easier to compare with the existing data and 2 it better reflects real world usage. Note 5 It turns out that the Linux kernel version does play a role. E. g., the system that achieved 6. Linux 2. 6. 1. 7 achieves over 8. Notes column. Note 6 It is no longer possible to determine what video driver your system uses from looking at the xorg. Fedora or Ubuntu distros of GNULinux. We expect this to be the case with more distros soon. At present were not aware of any easy way for an end user to determine what video driver theyre using on newer GNULinux distros. If anyone else knows a way to do this, please enlighten us. Meanwhile, the best we can suggest is to grep varlogXorg. Fedora systems at least for the term autoconfigured. You should get a result such as Matched ati for the autoconfigured driver this means youre using the ATI video driver. Here are the current results sorted by speed. DRI stands for Direct Rendering Infrastructure. If a driver supports DRI, then it can provide 3. D Open. GL hardware acceleration. When DRI is not supported, the driver will usually rely on the Mesa 3. D library for software emulation of the Open. GL API. The glxgears FPS rating is the highest value recording during the execution of the benchmark. Unless otherwise stated in the notes field, the OS is assumed to be Linux. The X driver name is not determined by the script but can usually be found by examining your X configuration file. Please provide the name of the driver being used and a link to the drivers official page if possible. Graphics Card CPU X version Driver Name DRI GLX Server Resolution Depth Notes glxgears FPS Radeon HD 4. RV7. 30. XT Intel Core 2 Duo E8. GHz X. Org Server 1. Yes v. 1. 2 1. 60. Ubuntu 1. 0. 0. 4 Live CD Linux 2. File Name. File Description INTELINF7. EXEIntel Chipset Software Installation Utility INF Update Utility   . Win. 98. SEME2. KXP6. VIAHYPERIONPROV5. A. ZIPVIA Hyperion 4 in 1 driver   . Win. 98. SEME2. KXP6. SISAGP1. EXESi. S Accelerated Graphics Port driver   . Win. 9xME2kXPAMDAGP4. WIN9. 8. EXEAMD AGP Miniport Driver   . Win. 98. AMDAGP4. WINME. EXEAMD AGP Miniport Driver   . Win. MEAMDAGP5. WIN2. KXP. EXEAMD AGP Miniport Driver   . Win. 2KXPALIAGP1. E. EXEALi AGP Miniport Driver   . Win. 959. 8ME2. KNVIDIANF21. WIN9. SEME. EXEn. VIDIA NFORCE2 Chipset Driver Audio, LAN, AGP, SMBus, Memory Controller, IDE   . Win. 98. SEMENVIDIANF21. WINXP. EXEn. VIDIA NFORCE2 Chipset Driver Audio, LAN, AGP, SMBus, Memory Controller, IDE   . Win. XPNVIDIANF21. WIN2. K. EXEn. VIDIA NFORCE2 Chipset Driver Audio, LAN, AGP, SMBus, Memory Controller, IDE   . Win. 2KAU8. 81. 04. WIN9. X. EXEAureal AU8. Win. 9x. AU8. 81. WINNT4. EXEAureal AU8. Win. NT4. AU8. 81. WIN9. 8SE2. K. EXEAureal AU8. Win. 98. SE2. KSTAC9. T4. 10WIN9. X. EXESigma. Tel STAC9. 70. 0T STAC9. Codec   . Win. 9x. STAC9. 70. 0T4. 4WINNT4. EXESigma. Tel STAC9. T STAC9. 72. Codec   . Win. NT4. STAC9. 70. T5. 10WIN9. SEME2. K. EXESigma. Tel STAC9. T STAC9. Codec   . Win. 98. SEME2. KSTAC9. T4. 10WIN9. X. EXESigmatel STAC9. T Codec   . Win. STAC9. T4. 4WINNT4. EXESigmatel STAC9. T Codec   . Win. NT4. STAC9. 70. 8T5. WIN9. SEME2. K. EXESigmatel STAC9. T Codec   . Win. SEME2. KCI9. 73. WIN9. 5. EXEC Media 9. AC9. Codec   . Win. 95. CI9. 73. WINNT4. EXEC Media 9. AC9. 7 Codec   . Win. NT4. CI9. 73. WIN9. EXEC Media 9. AC9. Codec driver   . Win. CI9. 73. WIN9. 8SE. EXEC Media 9. AC9. Codec driver   . Win. SECI9. 73. WINME. EXEC Media 9. AC9. Codec driver   . Win. MECI9. 73. 95. WIN2. K. EXEC Media 9. AC9. Codec driver   . Win. KCI9. 73. 95. WINXP. EXEC Media 9. AC9. Codec driver   . Win. XPCI8. 73. 84. WIN9. X. EXEC Media CI8. PCI hardware sound driver   . Win. 9x. CI8. 73. WINNT4. EXEC Media CI8. PCI hardware sound driver   . Win. NT4. CI8. 73. WIN9. 8SE. EXEC Media CI8. PCI hardware sound driver   . Win. 98. SECI8. 73. WINME. EXEC Media CI8. PCI hardware sound driver   . Win. MECI8. 73. 85. WIN2. K. EXEC Media CI8. PCI hardware sound driver   . Win. 2KCI8. 73. 85. WINXP. EXEC Media CI8. PCI hardware sound driver   . Win. XPVT8. 2C6. 86. X4. EXEVIA VT8. 2C6. X integrated audio codec   . Win. 9xNT4ME2. KXPVT8. EXEVIA VT8. 23. 38. Win. 9xNT4ME2. KXPAD1. WIN9. X. EXEAnalog Sound. MAX AD1. 88. 1 AC9. Win. 9x. AD1. 88. WINNT4. EXEAnalog Sound. MAX AD1. 88. 1 AC9. Win. NT4. AD1. 88. WIN9. 8SE2. K. EXEAnalog Sound. MAX AD1. 88. 1 AC9. Win. 98. SE2. KAVANCE4. WIN9. 5. EXEAvance AC9. Win. 95. AVANCE5. WIN9. 8. EXEAvance AC9. Win. 98. AVANCE4. WINNT4. EXEAvance AC9. Win. NT4. AVANCE5. WIN9. 8SEME2. KXP. EXEAvance AC9. 7 codec   . Win. 98. SEME2. KXPCRYSTAL4. WIN9. X. EXECrystal AC9. Win. 9x. CRYSTAL4. WINNT4. EXECrystal AC9. Win. NT4. CRYSTAL5. WIN9. 8SE. EXECrystal AC9. Win. 98. SECRYSTAL5. WINME. EXECrystal AC9. Win. MECRYSTAL5. WIN2. K. EXECrystal AC9. Win. 2KSIS1. 10WIN9. XNT4. ME2. KXP. EXESi. S AC9. 7 audio codec driver   . Win. 9xNT4ME2. KXPESSSOLO14. WIN9. X. EXEESS Solo 1 audio driver   . Win. 9x. ESSSOLO14. WINNT4. EXEESS Solo 1 audio driver   . Win. NT4. ESSSOLO14. WIN9. 8SE2. K. EXEESS Solo 1 audio driver   . Win. 98. SE2. KESS1. WIN9. XNT4. EXEESS 1. Win. 9xNT4. CREATIVESB2. WIN9. X. EXECreative Sound Blaster PCI1. Win. 9x. CREATIVESB2. WINNT4. EXECreative Sound Blaster PCI1. Win. NT4. CREATIVESB2. WIN9. 8SE2. K. EXECreative Sound Blaster PCI1. Win. 98. SE2. KCYRIX1. WIN9. X. EXECyrix audio driver   . Win. 9x. INTEL8. 1X4. WIN9. XME. EXEIntel 8. Win. 9xMEINTEL8. X4. WINNT4. EXEIntel 8. Win. NT4. INTEL8. X5. 13WIN2. K. EXEIntel 8. Win. 2KINTEL8. 45. G4. 13WIN9. XME. EXEIntel 8. GGLGEGV graphics driver   . Win. 9xMEINTEL8. G4. WINNT4. EXEIntel 8. GGLGEGV graphics driver   . Win. NT4. INTEL8. G6. 13WIN2. K. EXEIntel 8. GGLGEGV graphics driver   . Win. 2KINTEL8. 45. G6. 13WINXP. EXEIntel 8. GGLGEGV graphics driver   . Win. XPVIAS34. 13WIN9. XME. EXEVIA S3 Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. 9xMEVIAS34. WINNT4. EXEVIA S3 Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. NT4. VIAS36. WIN2. K. EXEVIA S3 Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. 2KVIAS36. 13WINXP. EXEVIA S3 Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. XPVIAS3. G4. WIN9. X. EXEVIA S3. G Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. 9x. VIAS3. G4. WINME. EXEVIA S3. G Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. MEVIAS3. G5. WIN2. K. EXEVIA S3. G Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. 2KVIAS3. G6. WINXP. EXEVIA S3. G Pro. Savage graphics driver   . Win. XPVIAVT8. 37. WIN9. X. EXEVIA VT8. Win. 9x. VIAVT8. 37. WINME. EXEVIA VT8. Win. MEVIAVT8. 37. WIN2. KXP. EXEVIA VT8. Win. 2KXPVIATRIDENT4. WIN9. 5. EXEVIA Trident Blade. D graphics driver   . Win. 95. VIATRIDENT4. WINNT4. EXEVIA Trident Blade. D graphics driver   . Win. NT4. VIATRIDENT4. WIN9. 8SEME. EXEVIA Trident Blade. D graphics driver   . Win. 98SEMEVIATRIDENT5. WIN2. K. EXEVIA Trident Blade. D graphics driver   . Win. 2KVIATRIDENT6. WINXP. EXEVIA Trident Blade. D graphics driver   . Win. XPSIS6. 5X2. AWIN9. XME. EXESi. S 6. 506. 516. 55 graphics driver   . Win. 9xMESIS6. 5X2. AWIN2. KXP. EXESi. S 6. 506. 516. 55 graphics driver   . Win. 2KXPSIS6. 201. BWIN9. X. EXESi. S 6. Win. 9x. SIS6. 201. BWINNT4. EXESi. S 6. Win. NT4. SIS6. 201. BWIN2. K. EXESi. S 6. Win. 2KSIS5. 301. WIN9. X. EXESi. S 5. Win. 9x. SIS5. 301. WINNT4. EXESi. S 5. Win. NT4. SIS5. 301. WIN2. K. EXESi. S 5. Win. 2KSIS5. 59. X1. WIN3. 1. EXESi. S 5. Win. 31. SIS5. 59. X1. 09WIN9. 5. EXESi. S 5. 59. 75. 59. Win. SIS5. 59. X1. 09WINNT4. EXESi. S 5. 59. 75. Win. NT4. SIS5. 59. X1. 09DOS. EXESi. S 5. 59. 75. 59. DOSNVIDIANF24. WIN9. XME. EXEn. VIDIA NFORCE2 graphics driver   . Win. 9xMENVIDIANF23. WIN2. K. EXEn. VIDIA NFORCE2 graphics driver   . Win. 2KNVIDIANF24. WINXP. EXEn. VIDIA NFORCE2 graphics driver   . Win. XPVIAVT6. 10. WIN9. XME2. KXP. EXEVIA PCI 1. Fast Ethernet adapter driver   . Win. 9xME2. Kxp. SISPCI1. WIN9. XMENT4. 2KXP. EXESi. S PCI Fast Ethernet adapter driver   . Win. 9xMENT42. KXPRTL8. XX5. 50. WINNT4. EXEReal. Tek RTL8. Fast Ethernet adapter driver   . Cell For Windows Xp. Win. NT4. RTL8. 1XX6. WIN9. XME2. KXP6. EXEReal. Tek RTL8. Fast Ethernet adapter driver   . Win. 9xME2. KXPXP6. INTELIDE6. 03WIN9. NT4. 2K. EXEIntel IDE driver   . Win. 98NT42. KSISIDE2. WIN2. KXP. EXESi. S Mini IDE Ultra DMA driver   . Win. 2KXPALIIDE3. WIN9. 59. 8NT4. EXEALi IDE driver   . Win. 959. 8NT4. HPT3. WIN9. XNT4. ME2. K. EXEHigh Point HPT3. Ultra DMA controller driver   . Win. 9xNT4ME2. KHPT3. ADMIN2WIN9. XNT4. ME2. K. EXEHigh Point HPT3. RAID administrator tools. You MUST install the HPT3. Win. 9xNT4ME2. KVIAVT6. WIN9. 8SEMENT4. 2KXP. EXEVIA VT6. 41. 0 IDE RAID driver and administrator tools   . Win. 98. SEMENT42. KXPPROMISEFT3. 761WIN9. SEMENT4. 2KXP. EXEPromise Fast. Trak 3. 76 SATA RAID controller driver   . Win. 98. SEMENT42. KXPVIAUSB2. 02. WIN9. SEME2. K. EXEVIA chipset USB 2. This file DOES NOT work with Windows XP. You must install Windows XP Service Pack 1 to get USB 2. Win. 98. SEME2. KSISUSB2. WIN2. K. EXESi. S chipset USB 2. This file DOES NOT work with Windows XP. You must install Windows XP Service Pack 1 to get USB 2. Win. 2KITE1. 0WIN9.