The New AMD GPU Open-Source Driver On Linux 4.2 Works, But Still A Lot Of Work Ahead

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 25 July 2015 at 01:30 PM EDT. Page 4 of 5. 12 Comments.
Ubuntu 15.04 Tonga AMDGPU vs. Catalyst

Onto the open (AMDGPU) vs. closed-source (Catalyst) driver tests for the R9 285!

Ubuntu 15.04 Tonga AMDGPU vs. Catalyst
Ubuntu 15.04 Tonga AMDGPU vs. Catalyst
Ubuntu 15.04 Tonga AMDGPU vs. Catalyst

Once the power management support is implemented for Tonga, the open-source R9 285 performance should be much faster... For now, the R9 285 on open-source is too slow for gaming plus there's the bugs mentioned on the previous page.


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