AMD's Radeon Gallium3D Starts Posing A Threat To Catalyst

[Vim_User]

Yes, discussions have been underway for a while now.

Just like last time though -- no guarantees that we'll actually be able to release it no matter how much time we spend on it -- and the older UVDs have even more IP-related challenges than the more recent designs.

I know that there is nothing you can change about that, but for a customer that answer is simply not satisfying, especially in the light of prematurely deprecating hardware.

[duby229]

I wonder what's up with the HD 6950.

Pretty awesome results overall.

It's a VLIW4 architecture, the rest of them are VLIW5.

[3coma3]

Big corporations are part of FLOSS? Wasn't that the part that you people wanted to avoid? Corporations controlling 99.99% of the code, even if it's open source?

As much as I hate BO$$, I have to admit to myself he's got a fucking point right there. I use FLOSS almost exclusively everywhere since years, and to my eyes things are going to (corporate) hell. But hey, tinfoil hat and all that shit, please continue.

[Vim_User]

Big corporations are part of FLOSS? Wasn't that the part that you people wanted to avoid? Corporations controlling 99.99% of the code, even if it's open source?

Really? FLOSS was invented to keep corporations out? Where did you get that from? And how do they have control over code that anyone can fork at any time?
And under which stone have you lived that you didn't know that? And why are your statements about amateurs and professionals relevant when you didn't know that?
Mindless trolling as usual. Get a life.

[log0]

As much as I hate BO$$, I have to admit to myself he's got a fucking point right there. I use FLOSS almost exclusively everywhere since years, and to my eyes things are going to (corporate) hell. But hey, tinfoil hat and all that shit, please continue.

It's not like there are dozens gpu driver devs just waiting for their chance to write gpu drivers for free in there spare time. So it is up to the evil corps to do it I guess.

[duby229]

As much as I hate BO$$, I have to admit to myself he's got a fucking point right there. I use FLOSS almost exclusively everywhere since years, and to my eyes things are going to (corporate) hell. But hey, tinfoil hat and all that shit, please continue.

No he doesn't have a point. The point of OSS models is not about you and me it's about corporations. Think about it. Read some OSS licenses. It's plainly obvious that those who will benefit the most from OSS models are corporations. That's the entire point.

He missed the glaringly bright "big picture" entirely.

[smitty3268]

Big corporations are part of FLOSS? Wasn't that the part that you people wanted to avoid? Corporations controlling 99.99% of the code, even if it's open source?

That might just be the stupidest thing BO$$ has ever posted on Phoronix.

If that was the point of FLOSS, the licenses would prohibit corporations from doing anything with OSS code. Instead, they encourage corporations to contribute. That's sort of the point of doing everything in the open, to get multiple corporations to all work together and benefit from the same codebase. And let individuals do so as well, of course.

[dffx]

And now do the same with a HD7970 or a R9 290X using games like Serious Sam 3, DOTA 2 or Left 4 Dead 2.

I actually play Dota2 and L4D2 on my 7970M using the latest radeonsi git pulls with no problem. That's even with using PRIME offloading, since I have a MUX-less hybrid laptop.

There *is* room for improvement -- these certainly don't run as fast as they do on Windows, at least at the current stage of radeonsi development -- and I'd love to see performance improved upon further, but at this time everything is entirely playable at high settings.

Radeonsi/Mesa/Gallium3D works wonders with Wine, as well. I've been re-playing Arkham City (since they stripped out GFWL and released the GOTY edition) through Wine and it's worked pretty much flawlessly.

I'm incredibly happy with radeonsi/Mesa right now.

[gufide]

Big corporations are part of FLOSS? Wasn't that the part that you people wanted to avoid? Corporations controlling 99.99% of the code, even if it's open source?

Seriously??
Just saying... Canonical is a big corporation too.

[_SXX_]

It's a VLIW4 architecture, the rest of them are VLIW5.

Still really interesting if there any chance for any improvements for 6950.

bridgman, can you comment on this please?