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 3 of 5. 70 Comments.
AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance
AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance

The Reaction Quake 3 game that's one of the most demanding ioquake3 games has seen an over 40% frame-rate improvement by upgrading to the Linux 3.12 kernel.

AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance

The demanding Unvanquished game with a GL3 renderer was 32% faster with the Linux 3.12 kernel.

AMD Radeon RV770 Linux Kernel Performance

Warsow was one of the few games that didn't see a Radeon performance boost out of Linux 3.12.

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