Linux 3.12 Brings Big AMD Radeon Improvements

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 12 October 2013 at 05:43 AM EDT. Page 5 of 5. 70 Comments.
AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance
AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance
AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance

GpuTest was rare in that it exhibited no performance improvements for the Radeon DRM driver on the Linux 3.12 kernel. While GpuTest was unaffected, the real-world OpenGL games tested saw very nice performance improvements that were generally double-digit gains. After seeing these Radeon improvements, a new Catalyst vs. Gallium3D comparison is commencing this weekend from Linux 3.12 and Mesa 10.0 Git this weekend.

The official Linux 3.12 kernel will be out in a few weeks with the Radeon DRM improvements plus a lot of other new features.

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