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Curious to know how does that compare to AMD drivers?
by danaos 8y ago
Curious to know how does that compare to AMD drivers?
- aurelian15 8y agoAMD actively contributes driver code to the mainline kernel. So with recent Linux kernels, AMD graphics cards and APUs based on the GCN architecture (launched about 2011/2012 if I recall correctly) work out of the box with full 3D acceleration, just like integrated Intel graphics. There was a time a few years ago when the mainline kernel driver was significantly worse performance-wise (mainly due to missing power management), but this should no longer be the case. There still exists a proprietary AMD driver, but this driver is going to be phased out and only required for "Pro" features. See this AMD slide deck for more information: https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/amd_graphics/attachments/slides/2251/export/events/attachments/amd_graphics/slides/2251/fosdem2018_amdstack.pdf https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/amd_graphics/...
- pjmlp 8y agoAnd the unlucky owners of pre GCN cards, like the Brazos APUs just get a driver that kind of works, with less features than the fxglr one.
- ddtaylor 8y agoWould AMD's drivers being bad justify Nvidia making bad drivers too? How is Intel able to make great drivers and fund the development of Mesa?