The AMD Radeon RX Vega Launch Performance Compared To 2019 Linux Drivers

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 24 January 2019 at 08:44 AM EST. Page 5 of 7. 26 Comments.
AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019

Metro Last Light Redux with OpenGL on Linux was a few frames faster.

AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019

Valve's aging Portal game while easily running at several hundred FPS did show around a 13% performance boost with the ongoing Linux driver improvements.

AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019

The minimum power consumption also showed nice savings for Portal that isn't demanding at all with newer GPUs.

AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019
AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019

The 2013 Tomb Raider Linux port also showed nice performance and power advantages to the latest Linux driver state.

AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019
AMD Radeon RX Vega Performance 2019

For those into open-source games, the SuperTuxKart OpenGL game saw minor performance improvements compared to launch.


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