Radeon R300 Open-Source Driver Continues Seeing New Improvements In 2024

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Radeon R300 Open-Source Driver Continues Seeing New Improvements In 2024

As I wrote about at the start of January, the open-source ATI Radeon R300 Linux graphics driver continues seeing new improvements even all these years later thanks to the open-source community. This wasn't some one-off work either in 2024 for this R300 to R500 GPU OpenGL driver but more work has since landed...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Radeon-R300g-Comp-Lowering

[RealNC]

I miss the times when GPUs were sold in boxes featuring women in bikini armor :P

[anarki2]

I miss the times when GPUs were sold in boxes featuring women in bikini armor :P

Was about to say the same thing lol. Miss Ruby. But now it's sexist, objectifying, yada-yada.

[Nille_kungen]

Its good to see work that will prolong the life of the driver.

[kozman]

Always a tiny more drop of blood to be squeezed from the stone.

[geearf]

I miss the times when GPUs were sold in boxes featuring women in bikini armor :P

Nothing will beat the creepy jester.

[RealNC]

Nothing will beat the creepy jester.

Your toxicity is hurting my feelings.

[kurkosdr]

I miss the times when GPUs were sold in boxes featuring women in bikini armor :P

Unfortunately, the technology behind the forcefield that deflects fire away from the uncovered parts of the body was subject to a patent lawsuit and had to be dropped.

[Teggs]

I miss the times when GPUs were sold in boxes featuring women in bikini armor :P

*Yeston has entered the chat*

'Will you accept a girl in a kimono instead, as long as she is holding a sword?'

[AlB80]

I'm waiting for it to beat RTX