Ubuntu 16.10 vs. 17.04 Radeon Graphics Performance
Tomb Raider is yet another game you can expect to find better performance with if you haven't upgraded your Ubuntu 16.10 driver stack.
Even with Xonotic you should be able to find a performance boost with the switch over to Ubuntu 17.04, assuming you weren't using the Oibaf PPA, Padoka PPA, or a third-party Mesa build previously.
It's great to see the Radeon/AMDGPU DRM + RadeonSI performance gains made over the past 6+ months. Stay tuned for more Ubuntu 17.04 graphics benchmarks in the days ahead.
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