AMD Catalyst 2013 Linux Graphics Driver Year-In-Review

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 23 December 2013 at 03:30 AM EST. Page 5 of 9. 20 Comments.
AMD Radeon 2013 Catalyst Linux

Unigine Heaven 4.0 was broken on Catalyst 13.4 for this Radeon HD 7950 system, but at least when comparing Catalyst 13.1 to 13.11 Beta v9.4, the performance is up by 10%.

AMD Radeon 2013 Catalyst Linux
AMD Radeon 2013 Catalyst Linux

The Unigine Sanctuary performance regressed noticeably on the later AMD Catalyst Linux beta.

AMD Radeon 2013 Catalyst Linux
AMD Radeon 2013 Catalyst Linux

Unigine Tropics at least worked on the tested driver releases and was stable throughout.

AMD Radeon 2013 Catalyst Linux

Lastly, the Unigine Valley performance seems to dip on the latest Catalyst Linux graphics driver.


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