Open-Source Radeon Performance Is Very Good For DiRT Rally On Linux

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Open-Source Radeon Performance Is Very Good For DiRT Rally On Linux

DiRT Rally is the latest game from Feral Interactive that has launch-day open-source AMD graphics support, a welcome improvement from the past. Thanks to the ever maturing state of the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver and Feral's increased Radeon testing, there is good out-of-the-box Radeon support for this AAA racing game on Linux.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=24216

[wdb974]

Wow! Now, that is really nice performance! This is going to be one of my next purchases!

[bug77]

Not bad, but there's something nasty in Mesa git.

[LeJimster]

Good job Feral. I think every port they've put out has better and better performance. This looks good for the future of Linux gaming!

With Vulkan ports on there way, I can't wait to see what Feral bring us.

[L_A_G]

It's definitely nice to see open source drivers themselves improve, but it's even nicer to see software taking advantage of those improved drivers becoming available.

[Danny3]

Wow! Now, that is really nice performance! This is going to be one of my next purchases!

Yep!
I have the same feeling
I can barely wait to buy my Radeon RX 480 and use it with the open source driver to play this game.
I can finally play a nice racing game on Linux and be happy!
Congratulations to AMD!
Congratulations to RadeonSI and MESA developers!
Congratulations to Feral and Valve for helping the gamers on Linux!

[theghost]

Great performance, even on my old card! Wishlisted.

[davidbepo]

rx 480 around gtx 1060
finally cards perform undder linux as they should

[LeJimster]

I can barely wait to buy my Radeon RX 480

Just hold off a little bit longer! The RX 580 supposed to be out next month. Better clock speeds etc than the 480 for a similar price I'd bet.

[oooverclocker]

rx 480 around gtx 1060
finally cards perform undder linux as they should

Depends on how they should perform - from the raw performance the RX 480 should be >20% faster than the GTX 1060. But on the other hand this is not likely achieve with OpenGL, and also not with DX11 so these numbers represent a high quality port showing that OpenGL is capable to keep up when you eliminate CPU limitations. But I'm sure a lot of work had to be done so I like to thank Feral for the improving quality! I highly appreciate it.