Excellent, finally we have Ubuntu 13.10 production support. The last set of drivers were horribly unstable on my HD 6870, I had to switch to the open source mesa 10.1 pack.
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AMD Releases Catalyst 14.1 Beta Linux Graphics Driver
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Originally posted by FutureSuture View PostThank you, Michael. I still hope AMD puts its Linux efforts solely behind the open source driver eventually, especially for all those people out there with cards that Catalyst no longer supports.
I wouldn't count on playing Portal 2, since my 5700 is not powerful enough, even if Portal won't be released until later this year (ah, I better hurry since my 5-minute timer is about to expire).Last edited by GraysonPeddie; 02 February 2014, 09:42 AM.
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Bare in mind people, that these drivers aren't just about the little people, but businesses that need the WHQL-styled drivers. That's what this particular version is. And it looks to be a good one, too. All the check boxes are ticked (Kaveri, 3.13 kernel, X.Org 1.15 et c, et c) for a good performing, power-efficient yet stable driver set. Hopefully there's a little bit of smooth sailing for AMD/Linux for a while.Hi
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Originally posted by enfocomp View PostExcellent, finally we have Ubuntu 13.10 production support. The last set of drivers were horribly unstable on my HD 6870, I had to switch to the open source mesa 10.1 pack.
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Originally posted by d2kx View PostUbuntu 13.10 + AMD Catalyst requires doing "sudo aticonfig --initial" + reboot, or it will be unstable (Chrome/KDE crashing down the Xserver etc.). This doesn't happen with other distributions like Debian with the same Xserver version though.
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Wow this is incredible guys!
Just ran the valley benchmark to see if there's some improvements:
Results Catalyst 13.12:
FPS:
15.2
Score:
634
Min FPS:
7.8
Max FPS:
27.9
And the Catalyst 14.1 driver:
FPS:
26.9
Score:
1127
Min FPS:
14.2
Max FPS:
41.3
Both with preset "Extreme HD" @1920x1080.
No micro stuttering at all and even the Desktop experience is a lot smoother.
Very good job AMD devs!
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Originally posted by flim View PostWow this is incredible guys!
Just ran the valley benchmark to see if there's some improvements:
Results Catalyst 13.12:
FPS:
15.2
Score:
634
Min FPS:
7.8
Max FPS:
27.9
And the Catalyst 14.1 driver:
FPS:
26.9
Score:
1127
Min FPS:
14.2
Max FPS:
41.3
Both with preset "Extreme HD" @1920x1080.
No micro stuttering at all and even the Desktop experience is a lot smoother.
Very good job AMD devs!
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