Radeon works good on Linux yet?

[Nena Trinity]

So how does it perform recently? Is it worth buying a AMD GPU for Linux yet or will it take atliest a year or two? =)

[qwertywarrior]

nvidia is still the better choice but AMD have been making strides as of late

 

but with the latest drivers it still sucks

 

 

more info

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-maxwell-18&num=1

 

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=bioshock-inf-18&num=1

[Nena Trinity]

nvidia is still the better choice but AMD have been making strides as of late

 

but with the latest drivers it still sucks

 

 

more info

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-maxwell-18&num=1

 

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=bioshock-inf-18&num=1

Is there a recent test of Metro?

[qwertywarrior]

Is there a recent test of Metro?

cant find anything recent using the newest drivers

but seriously, dont bother

its gonna take a while maybe a year or more until its good enough

[ThE_MarD]

Heyyo,

 

For Open Source Drivers? AMD tromps NVIDIA. They've been a lot more open about that stuff... but for actual Linux Driver Developer teams? NVIDIA has quite the gaping lead.

 

For Multi-GPU on Linux? Both AMD and NVIDIA are laughable... not really their fault though as OpenGL is the culprit. Ancient API with layers upon layers of crap on it... It's stupid that they didn't separate OpenGL in the past for compatibility with CAD companies and fork a newer generation API to compete with DirectX... OpenGL > DirectX 7... but that's where it ended. DirectX 8 and since have always been ahead of OpenGL... The main problem with multi-GPU on Linux? The way it pushes new renders to the monitor with the framebuffer. It's incompatible with Multi-GPU setups. It needs to be framebuffer flipping and not framebuffer swapping... the only game engine to do this on Linux is ID Tech 4 Engine... so Doom 3, Quake IV, ETQW, Prey and the Dark Mod (a thief-like free mod)... oh yay. A game engine so damn old that a single-GPU from this age in gaming can easily surpass 60fps with the graphics cranked.

 

*grumbles about multi-GPU and keeps his two-way SLI setup running in both windows 7 and Windows 10*

 

Fuck sakes Khronos... AMD had to build Mantle and literally hand it over to you to get your heads out of the dirt and finally do something smart with your 3D API...

 

Your best choice for guaranteed game performance on Linux is to stream it from the Windows Operating System... well, unless Vulkan delivers what it promises and what AMD hinted at with Mantle.