Running Mesa 9.2-devel + LLVM 3.3 SVN With The R600 Back-End

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 26 February 2013 at 09:26 AM EST. Page 5 of 5. 8 Comments.
Ubuntu 13.04 - Mesa 9.2-devel - Linux 3.8 - Radeon GPUs
Ubuntu 13.04 - Mesa 9.2-devel - Linux 3.8 - Radeon GPUs

While there's seven Radeon graphics cards tested in this article, an even larger comparison is forthcoming that's also seeing how the latest open-source driver code is comparing to the proprietary Catalyst driver. A similar comparison will also be done on the NVIDIA vs. Nouveau side. It's also likely time to do updated comparisons of the Linux vs. Windows OpenGL performance. Additional test requests can be directed to the Phoronix Forums or @MichaelLarabel on Twitter.

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