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It seems a leak (the rest is very Windows focused) from slides showing off AMD Crimson is reporting much better Linux performance in certain games.

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The way I'm reading it, is not that the games are say "112%" (double and then some) better, but 12% better. I think it's using marketing speak to look better than it is, but with that said it's still some impressive improvements. They have needed it, as we have known for a long time that AMD Catalyst hasn't been competing very well with Nvidia.

Looks like the real stuff is due out today, so we will keep you posted if we hear any more! Exciting though, and hopefully this isn't just new per-game optimizations. I really hope those are just example games they tested, and that they have been able to do general driver optimizations on Linux. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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mulletdeath Nov 24, 2015
Though I use an NVIDIA card on my desktop, I'll have an AMD card in my new laptop when it comes back from an RMA, so I love hearing every bit of news like this.
Cmdr_Iras Nov 24, 2015
If the AMD drivers can improve to a point where I get close to if not parity with my GTX760 then I will consider AMD when upgrading my GPU.

I would vastly prefer to have that choice like I did when I gamed on windows, as it stands being locked into Nvidia is a pain.
Aryvandaar Nov 24, 2015
I'm a Nvidia user, but his is good, for those who have AMD and for the market, competition.
Xpander Nov 24, 2015
still better than nothing, hopefully more games benefit than only those on the picture
Liam Dawe Nov 24, 2015
Quoting: Xpanderstill better than nothing, hopefully more games benefit than only those on the picture

I honestly think it's per-game optimizations, which makes me wonder why the heck they haven't focused on some of the new bigger releases, like Alien and Mordor?
pd12 Nov 24, 2015
They probably need at least 150% to match nVidia drivers ...

Example:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=1080p-b-value&num=2

Also:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdnv-4k-15gpu&num=3

I hope they keep improving and at least achieve a better performance/price ratio than more than 1 nVidia card.


Last edited by pd12 on 24 November 2015 at 10:05 am UTC
Snowdrake Nov 24, 2015
That's really good news. Hopefully it will benefit most cards and AMD APU too.
Pecisk Nov 24, 2015
Finally, about time. I am Nvidia user, but just out of pure necessity - I believe we need AMD and maybe even another one vendor to get graphics cards prices at reasonable level (currently they cost insane). AMD trying to get their shit done is good news, even all of those are small steps.

If this keeps moving on (along with their recent open source push), I will considering buying AMD next time card upgrade comes up.
Avehicle7887 Nov 24, 2015
I'm curious to see the new performance benchmarks with these drivers. I've been wanting to go with an AMD gpu for a new system for a while now and the poor drivers are the only thing holding me back.

Nvidia may be the best for Linux but they aren't very open source friendly.
pete910 Nov 24, 2015
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Put in a question of whether we are getting freesync @ AMDMat on the OC forums driver thread. Don't seem to see it mention in any slides :(
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