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Linux 4.5 officially released, with powerplay support under amdgpu
15 March 2016 at 2:04 am UTC Likes: 2

it does support hawaii cards also by enabling cik support in kernel. however I don't know how effective that part is atm. the 390s are the most unloved cards by AMD for some reason....

AMD could be back in the CPU performance game with Zen
14 March 2016 at 5:04 am UTC

I would like a AMD CPU for my next upgrade, I even had a 6 core 8370E CPU while back, moved to a Intel 6core cpu and felt it was a huge waste of money except for the benefit of PCIe3.0 which did help with 4k content. I didn't see a massive jump in general desktop/gaming performance going from the 8370e to the intel 6 core I have today, definitely not the $500odd I paid for the Intel CPU.

Arma 3 Linux port updated to 1.54 as promised
9 March 2016 at 3:09 pm UTC

The texture issue you mention is a old one, basically for videocards of 4gb or less it becomes a issue. My 390x has 8GB and thus it allows ULTRA textures without a hitch, I heard the 980Ti also allows Ultra. I reported the bug way back in the beginning.

Interstellar Marines seeking funding again as they let staff go
9 March 2016 at 3:02 pm UTC

Unfortunately I saw this coming a MILE away, I have the game, got it early on and they deviated from making it a story campaign coop into a multi-player arena shooter, fatal mistake!

Really wish I could get my money back!

Arma 3 Linux port to update to 1.54 tomorrow, there's more good news too
9 March 2016 at 12:55 am UTC Likes: 1

Its a good port and I intend of playing ARMA3 more once I figure out howto get my AMDGPU CIK 390X working with latest MESA, and ARMA3 working with that (at present its taking too much of my time to fix so I have put off using Linux until a kernel 4.5 gets released.

And yes Windows ARMA3 is 1.56 with a performance pass patch in beta (not sure if that is 1.56 or 1.58..)

Nvidia release another new Vulkan beta driver with Linux support
4 March 2016 at 8:39 pm UTC Likes: 1

With NVIDIAS Vulkan driver does it treat every GPU you have as a resource? do games benefit with multiple GPUs yet under Vulkan?

Just wondering because SLI under Linux has always been a bit shaky at times. (better then AMD whom don't support XF or Vulakn atm)

Microsoft's latest tactics show Gabe Newell of Valve was right to worry
2 March 2016 at 10:22 pm UTC

I found it hilarious that Microsoft responded not long ago that they would fix the vsync/60fps AND SLI problems so that they would work in their Windowed environment..... YEAH RIGHT....

What game would you most like to see on Linux this year?
29 February 2016 at 1:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

I would say Fallout 4 with full mod support on Linux would be great, BES could maybe make a Vulkan update and release a beta Linux build at the same time. Considering what MS have planned for gaming under windows, Linux should REALLY start to take off this year in a big way!

XCOM 2 patch now live for Linux & SteamOS
27 February 2016 at 5:34 pm UTC

Forever AMD gets the middle finger yet again.. I wonder if AMD enjoys EVERYONE outright ignoring them as a company under Linux!

Kinda regret buying my 390x, should have stuck with the 980GTX. Mind you the 8GB VRAM is nice (and yes I use it since I run everything at 4k and mod etc).

Freesync is a nice feature to have but I think the sacrifice of loosing Linux gaming (for the most part) is a bit too high to pay, next round of videocards will be interesting and if AMD can't produce a GOOD Linux driver by then, I'll go back to NVIDIA (AMD Should be happy, they excel at loosing customers).

Nvidia Vulkan Driver updated
25 February 2016 at 9:56 am UTC

'Looks at AMD390x card in computer', sigh....