recently really good progress has been made with the free amd drivers, also kernel 3.11 supports now the dpm (power management). also the uvd (video decoder) is

recently really good progress has been made with the free amd drivers, also kernel 3.11 supports now the dpm (power management). also the uvd (video decoder) is working well. But if you want to play games or need maximum 3D performance there is no way around the proprietary fglrx driver from amd atm, although the free drivers keep getting better and better in this section.