How The RadeonSI OpenGL Performance Has Evolved From Mesa 11.1 To Mesa 17.1 Git

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 20 March 2017 at 05:48 PM EDT. Page 4 of 4. 14 Comments.
Mesa 11.1 To 17.1 Git Progress

HITMAN has seen performance improvements too but Mesa 13+ is needed for proper rendering.

Mesa 11.1 To 17.1 Git Progress

The Metro Last Light Redux gains are another impressive Linux gaming result.

Mesa 11.1 To 17.1 Git Progress
Mesa 11.1 To 17.1 Git Progress

The open-source Tesseract and Xonotic games have also seen impressive performance gains since Mesa 11.1 released at the end of 2015.

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