AMD RadeonSI Graphics Driver Still Troublesome On Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 17 September 2013 at 12:46 PM EDT. Page 6 of 7. 22 Comments.
AMD RadeonSI Ubuntu Linux Testing Updated Results
AMD RadeonSI Ubuntu Linux Testing Updated Results
AMD RadeonSI Ubuntu Linux Testing Updated Results

Xonotic failed to properly work on the newer Linux kernels with Mesa 9.3-devel, so the comparison here isn't too interesting since the kernel upgrades represent a bulk of the improvement to see in recent months for HD 7000/8000 series owners.

AMD RadeonSI Ubuntu Linux Testing Updated Results

Plot3D in GpuTest on the latest open-source driver (Linux 3.11 / Mesa 9.3-devel) is at 33% the speed of Catalyst while the HD 7950 is at about 30%.


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