Ubuntu 14.04 VS Windows 8 : Unigine Heaven Benchmark on an Nvidia 9400GT
64Video showcasing the frames per-second difference of running Unigine Heaven on Ubuntu 14.04 versus running it in Windows 8. Both tests have Heaven running at the lowest using OpenGL, since we are trying a 6 year old middle-low range card.
Timeline:
0:04 - Unboxing of 9400GT
1:24 - Unigine Settings
1:52 - Unigine Benchmark begins (with commentary)
6:14 - Unigine Benchmark results
6:30 - Additional footage showing me setup my system (remove 680 and add in the 9400GT)
On the Ubuntu side of things, I used the newest Linux driver which is 337.12 Beta.
On the Windows side of things, I used the most similar Windows driver which is 337.50 Beta.
Unigine Heaven was set to exactly the same settings in both situations. Running it at 1280x720.
No screen recorders were involved. All recording was done with the Canon SX50 HS camera ( thus the low quality video, best I can do at this point in time ).
Once again, Nvidia proves it's seriousness with providing gaming performance for Linux users. Both on Ubuntu and Windows, Unigine Heaven is able to run in a similar manner.
Summary: Ubuntu 14.04 with Unity runs on par with Windows 8. Unigine's engine looks to be very well equipped for passing the graphics load equally amongst both operating systems. Nvidia's backwords support is also surprisingly in good shape.
This video is just to highlight the performance I get in both Operating Systems. They are NOT representative of what anyone else may experience, whether current, past or future. AMD graphics users and Intel graphics users may experience vastly different results.
I am not infallible. It is likely that I made mistakes. I did however put a lot of time into this to try and get it right. I hope you can take something informational out of this.
Download Unigine Heaven from here [FREE]:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/
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http://store.steampowered.com/about/
This video was recorded using:
Canon SX50 HS Camera
Audacity + Blue Yeti Microphone (voice over)
This video was edited using:
VideoStudio X6 Ultimate
GIMP 2.8.4
Audacity
My computer rig specs:
CPU - Intel i7-4770 3.4GHz LGA1150 Haswell
GPU - Nvidia 9400GT 512MB (Nvidia 337.50 and Nvidia 337.12)
RAM - 8GB DDR3 Corsair 1333MHz
OS - Ubuntu 14.04 64Bit/Windows 8 64Bit (Dual Boot)
Download Ubuntu 14.04 for free:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
Download GIMP 2.8.4 for free:
http://www.gimp.org/
My alias in ubuntuforums.org:
myromance123
About me:
I'm just a Malaysian student studying in Multimedia University Cyberjaya. I am currently in my 4th year at the time of this video. I am taking the Software Engineering and Games Development course (which has now been relabelled as Games Development under FCI).