Originally posted by Ericg
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I find all these new APIs slightly discouraging. While DirectX, Metal, and sort of Mantle aren't really within the immediate interest of linux, I'm worried about linux and the open source drivers managing to keep up with any APIs beyond OpenGL. Mesa is catching up fast, but it seems a successor to OpenGL is necessary and probable. I'm worried if the drivers will ever get enough time and devotion to mature in terms of performance and architectural functionality; stuff beyond APIs. I would much appreciate being able to use crossfire (without catalyst) before I retire my computer, but with the rate of all these API changes I feel like that might not happen.
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