[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for
this link. ]
“Last week we delivered our first Linux benchmarks of
Intel’s Core i3 Clarkdale processor with a variety of computational
tests through the Phoronix Test Suite. While the Core i3 packs a
nice performance punch, that is not all it has to offer. Also found
on the Clarkdale (and mobile Arrandale) processors is an integrated
45nm graphics processor that is supposed to offer a decent level of
performance in comparison to earlier Intel IGPs normally found on
the motherboard’s Chipset. In this article are these first Intel
benchmarks for the Clarkdale graphics processor as we see how its
open-source Intel driver stack compares to that of AMD with their
open-source Radeon stack up through the Radeon R700 series.“As was mentioned in a previous posting, the Clarkdale graphics
processor does work with recent Linux distributions and there
actually has been open-source support (even 3D) prior to the
availability of the hardware. In fact, the support process began
months ago. This support is not perfect as it was common to run
into GPU crashes (as mentioned in the aforementioned posting), but
we have found out this issue is not specific to Clarkdale but is
also occurring for some others using an updated Intel Linux driver
stack. Besides these GPU crashes, everything was working fine, but
these crashes are a glaring problem if you plan to use this chipset
for any light OpenGL gaming. Compiz and just using the desktop
seemed to work fine without any crashes during our days of
testing.”