The AMD Radeon R9 Fury Is Currently A Disaster On Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Graphics Cards on 29 July 2015 at 11:40 AM EDT. Page 9 of 10. 82 Comments.

Here's a look at the efficiency Metro Last Light Redux numbers at 4K.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming
AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming
AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming

At least the Radeon R9 Fury is a lot cooler than the Radeon R9 290!

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming

The R9 Fury hardware is great, but the OpenGL support in the current Catalyst Linux driver continues to cripple the experience.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming

Unigine Valley was the only OpenGL test where the R9 Fury performed as it should relative to the NVIDIA hardware.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming
AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming
AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming

While the raw performance was on par, in looking at the power numbers, NVIDIA still wins this test on delivering much better performance-per-Watt with their higher-end Maxwell graphics cards.

AMD Radeon R9 Fury Linux Gaming

Lastly are the thermal numbers for Furmark.


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