I have an older Trinity laptop with an A10-4600M and I just bought a Richland A10-6800K for a new desktop.
I tried many distros, but the results are the same so I am limiting the discution to Linux Mint 15 x64.
If I use the iGPU in the APU with any fglrx version I get horrible corruptions in most games in my Steam library. However, if I enable and use the dedicated 7670M on the notebook, or a dedicated 7750 on the desktop ( after re-installing fglrx, of course ) most games work OK-ish ( for an ATI/AMD blob it is more than OK )
A10-6800K desktop info :
Linux Mint 15, kernel 3.8.0-30-x64
AMD fglrx driver 13.4 x64 from amd.com, info from Catalyst Control Center :
2D Driver Version : 12.10.5
CCC Version : 2.18
RandR Version : 1.3
cat /proc/cpuinfo yields ( 1 of 4 )
fglrxinfo yields :
glxinfo yields:
Many games, like 'The Cave', which isn't very demanding ( like most linux ports on Steam ) have horrible artifacts that look like bad shaders.
Even Valve's own TF2, for example, although renders correctly, feels very 'choppy' although the internal FPS counter ( activated from dev console ) never drops below 40.
Most of these problems dissapare when I switch to the dedicated card.
Clearly, since with the same driver works with the discrete card but not with the iGPU, there is a problem with the drivers for the APU ? Anyone else there with a Richland A10 ?
Thank you.
I tried many distros, but the results are the same so I am limiting the discution to Linux Mint 15 x64.
If I use the iGPU in the APU with any fglrx version I get horrible corruptions in most games in my Steam library. However, if I enable and use the dedicated 7670M on the notebook, or a dedicated 7750 on the desktop ( after re-installing fglrx, of course ) most games work OK-ish ( for an ATI/AMD blob it is more than OK )
A10-6800K desktop info :
Linux Mint 15, kernel 3.8.0-30-x64
AMD fglrx driver 13.4 x64 from amd.com, info from Catalyst Control Center :
2D Driver Version : 12.10.5
CCC Version : 2.18
RandR Version : 1.3
cat /proc/cpuinfo yields ( 1 of 4 )
Code:
processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 21 model : 19 model name : AMD A10-6800K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics stepping : 1 microcode : 0x6001119 cpu MHz : 2000.000 cache size : 2048 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 16 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold bmi1 bogomips : 8184.81 TLB size : 1536 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro
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display: :0 screen: 0 OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 8670D OpenGL version string: 4.2.12217 Compatibility Profile Context 12.104
Code:
name of display: :0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: ATI server glx version string: 1.4 server glx extensions: GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group client glx vendor string: ATI client glx version string: 1.4 client glx extensions: GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_AMD_gpu_association GLX version: 1.4 GLX extensions: GLX_ARB_create_context, GLX_ARB_create_context_profile, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_swap_control, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_swap_barrier, GLX_SGIX_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 8670D OpenGL version string: 4.2.12217 Compatibility Profile Context 12.104 OpenGL shading language version string: 4.20 OpenGL extensions: GL_AMDX_debug_output, GL_AMDX_vertex_shader_tessellator, GL_AMD_blend_minmax_factor, GL_AMD_conservative_depth, GL_AMD_debug_output, GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate, GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend, GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect, GL_AMD_name_gen_delete, GL_AMD_performance_monitor, GL_AMD_pinned_memory, GL_AMD_query_buffer_object, GL_AMD_sample_positions, GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture, GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export, GL_AMD_shader_trace, GL_AMD_texture_cube_map_array, GL_AMD_texture_texture4, GL_AMD_transform_feedback3_lines_triangles, GL_AMD_vertex_shader_layer, GL_AMD_vertex_shader_tessellator, GL_AMD_vertex_shader_viewport_index, GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility, GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility, GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays, GL_ARB_base_instance, GL_ARB_blend_func_extended, GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object, GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, GL_ARB_compatibility, GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage, GL_ARB_compute_shader, GL_ARB_conservative_depth, GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float, GL_ARB_depth_clamp, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex, GL_ARB_draw_indirect, GL_ARB_draw_instanced, GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location, GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location, GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions, GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_ARB_geometry_shader4, GL_ARB_get_program_binary, GL_ARB_gpu_shader5, GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_half_float_vertex, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_instanced_arrays, GL_ARB_internalformat_query, GL_ARB_invalidate_subdata, GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range, GL_ARB_multi_draw_indirect, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_occlusion_query2, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_program_interface_query, GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, GL_ARB_sample_shading, GL_ARB_sampler_objects, GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map, GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters, GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding, GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store, GL_ARB_shader_image_size, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shader_precision, GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export, GL_ARB_shader_storage_buffer_object, GL_ARB_shader_subroutine, GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack, GL_ARB_shading_language_packing, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shadow_ambient, GL_ARB_stencil_texturing, GL_ARB_sync, GL_ARB_tessellation_shader, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32, GL_ARB_texture_buffer_range, GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc, GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_gather, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_multisample, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_query_levels, GL_ARB_texture_query_lod, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_texture_rg, GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui, GL_ARB_texture_snorm, GL_ARB_texture_storage, GL_ARB_texture_storage_multisample, GL_ARB_timer_query, GL_ARB_transform_feedback2, GL_ARB_transform_feedback3, GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra, GL_ARB_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev, GL_ARB_viewport_array, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap, GL_ATI_fragment_shader, GL_ATI_meminfo, GL_ATI_separate_stencil, GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc, GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_bindable_uniform, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_copy_buffer, GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_direct_state_access, GL_EXT_draw_buffers2, GL_EXT_draw_instanced, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_geometry_shader4, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_gpu_shader4, GL_EXT_histogram, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_float, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_subtexture, GL_EXT_texgen_reflection, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_array, GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object, GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_integer, GL_EXT_texture_lod, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode, GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent, GL_EXT_texture_snorm, GL_EXT_texture_storage, GL_EXT_texture_swizzle, GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_EXT_transform_feedback, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_conditional_render, GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_copy_image, GL_NV_explicit_multisample, GL_NV_float_buffer, GL_NV_half_float, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_barrier, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays, GL_WIN_swap_hint 81 GLX Visuals visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer sr ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a F gb bf th cl r g b a ns b eat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x023 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None (...) 91 GLXFBConfigs: visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer sr ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a F gb bf th cl r g b a ns b eat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x023 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None (...)
Even Valve's own TF2, for example, although renders correctly, feels very 'choppy' although the internal FPS counter ( activated from dev console ) never drops below 40.
Most of these problems dissapare when I switch to the dedicated card.
Clearly, since with the same driver works with the discrete card but not with the iGPU, there is a problem with the drivers for the APU ? Anyone else there with a Richland A10 ?
Thank you.
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