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AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
They sure took their sweet time didn't they. AMD have officially announced that FSR Upscaling 4.1 is officially coming to their older GPUs.

Further expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux now with FRL and DSC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Good news for Linux gamers and the upcoming Steam Machine, as it appears the AMD GPU kernel drivers are expanding their HDMI 2.1 support even further.
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Expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One area that's lacking on Linux right now is support for later versions of HDMI with AMD GPUs, but it seems expanded features are coming.

Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance

By Liam Squires-Hand,
VRAM management on Linux with AMD GPUs is about to get a whole lot better - which is great news for gaming, especially on the lower-end or hitting VRAM limits.

AMD announced the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD just formally revealed the new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor, the first ever to come with dual AMD 3D V-Cache technology.

AMD FSR SDK 2.2 released with FSR Upscaling 4.1 and FSR Ray Regeneration 1.1

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 and AMD FSR Ray Regeneration 1.1 are now available as part of the AMD FSR SDK 2.2 release today for game developers.

Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unfortunately, the HDMI Forum refused to allow HDMI 2.1+ features in the open source driver, but that hasn't stopped one developer.

Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26.

AMD say the Steam Machine is "on track" for an early 2026 release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
During AMD's latest earnings call that covers the fourth quarter and full year of 2025, AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su gave a small update on Valve's Steam Machine.

Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The latest main stable update to Mesa is here for users of open source graphics drivers, with Mesa 25.3.4 bringing essential bug fixes.

AMD confirm the Ryzen 7 9850X3D launch date and pricing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD's powerful new gaming processor the Ryzen 7 9850X3D now actually has an official release date and pricing.

Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

AMD reveal the Ryzen 9850X3D, Ryzen AI 400 series and more Ryzen AI Max+

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD had plenty to reveal at CES 2026 with a bunch of new processors, including the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D as the "the fastest gaming processor on the market".

AMD FSR Redstone arrives with AMD FSR SDK 2.1

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD today properly revealed and released AMD FSR Redstone with the AMD FSR SDK 2.1, bringing many enhancements to their upscaling tech.

AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD have gone and done it. They've put up a teaser for an announcement of AMD FSR Redstone arriving on December 10.

Linux users have no reason to worry about recent AMD GPU driver changes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is a little PSA to Linux users and Linux gamers, with news reports out there about AMD shifting focus away from certain GPUs.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will perform better on AMD GPUs with Mesa 26

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mesa 26 is due for release early next year, and it appears that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is one game that's set to benefit greatly from it.

Steam Deck plugin adds AMD FSR4 support to improve visuals

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You're supposed to only be able to use AMD FSR4 with the latest AMD GPUs, but thanks to a woops from AMD - even the Steam Deck can now use FSR4.

AMDVLK has been discontinued as AMD are throwing their "full support" behind RADV

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD have announced the end of AMDVLK, their official open-source Vulkan driver and will instead now be focusing on the much more popular RADV.
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