Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

AMD Will Be Working On Open-Source Fiji GPU Support In The AMDGPU Linux Driver

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • AMD Will Be Working On Open-Source Fiji GPU Support In The AMDGPU Linux Driver

    Phoronix: AMD Will Be Working On Open-Source Fiji GPU Support In The AMDGPU Linux Driver

    While the new AMDGPU kernel DRM driver is being added to the Linux 4.2 kernel as the next-gen driver for supporting Tonga, Carrizo, and all other new AMD graphics hardware, the 4.2 version will not support AMD's newly-announced Fiji GPUs...

    Phoronix, Linux Hardware Reviews, Linux hardware benchmarks, Linux server benchmarks, Linux benchmarking, Desktop Linux, Linux performance, Open Source graphics, Linux How To, Ubuntu benchmarks, Ubuntu hardware, Phoronix Test Suite

  • #2
    Well... That one was a no brainer....

    Comment


    • #3
      Can't wait for the benchmarks. Wonder how big the gap will be between the open-source and closed-source drivers.

      Comment


      • #4
        wonder if AMD card drivers will be more competitive once most 3d games /engines start shipping or implementing vulkan support?

        maybe that was their secret plan

        Comment


        • #5
          Originally posted by madjr View Post
          wonder if AMD card drivers will be more competitive once most 3d games /engines start shipping or implementing vulkan support?

          maybe that was their secret plan
          Well first, the Vulkan specs have to be finalized ...

          Comment


          • #6
            Originally posted by madjr View Post
            wonder if AMD card drivers will be more competitive once most 3d games /engines start shipping or implementing vulkan support?

            maybe that was their secret plan
            I don't think it was secret. They've been shouting that as loudly as they possibly can ever since Mantle was announced, and Vulkan/DX12 are the same thing.

            Comment


            • #7
              Originally posted by Luke_Wolf View Post
              Well... That one was a no brainer....
              Yeap, the article title might as well have been "winter holidays will come".

              Comment


              • #8
                fedora 22 has 4.0 kernel, so fedora 23 will have 4.3, i see no problem

                Comment

                Working...
                X