AMD Radeon R9 290 Linux Update With Source Engine On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

With Half-Life 2: Lost Coast at 2560 x 1600, the Radeon R9 290 had an average frame-rate that was certainly playable at 228 FPS. The Radeon R9 290 is still retailing for about $400 USD (or more) while under Ubuntu Linux the GeForce GTX 770 was delivering slightly higher frame-rates and that graphics card can be fetched for about $300.

Portal handles any modern graphics card with ease on the proprietary Linux GPU drivers. The Radeon R9 290 at least ran well for Portal and was only outdone by the GTX 780 Ti.