Radeon Open-Source Performance Over Three Years, Compared To Legacy Catalyst

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 5 March 2014 at 04:45 AM EST. Page 4 of 6. 20 Comments.
Ubuntu 14.04 History + Catalyst - HD 4870
Ubuntu 14.04 History + Catalyst - HD 4870

The Reaction Quake 3 game has seen many improvements with the R600 Radeon Gallium3D driver and now runs fine when two years ago it wouldn't on the open-source driver and with the Catalyst driver from three years ago it wouldn't even run.

Ubuntu 14.04 History + Catalyst - HD 4870

The Radeon HD 4870 is now hitting a wall with Urban Terror while the Catalyst driver is still about 30% faster.

Ubuntu 14.04 History + Catalyst - HD 4870

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