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AMD Launches New ATI Linux Driver
Michael Larabel writes "AMD has issued a press release announcing 'significant graphics performance and compatibility enhancements' on Linux. AMD will be delivering new ATI Linux drivers this year that offer ATI Radeon HD 2000 series support, AIGLX support (Beryl and Compiz), and major performance improvements. At Phoronix we have been testing these new drivers internally for the past few weeks and have a number of articles looking at this new driver. The ATI 8.41 Linux driver delivers Linux gaming improvements from the R300/400 series and the R500 series. The inaugural Radeon HD 2900XT series support also can be found in the new ATI Linux driver with 'the best price/performance ratio of any high-end graphics card under Linux.' While this new driver cannot be downloaded yet, in their press release AMD also alludes to accelerating efforts with the open-source community."
Holy cow, folks. Can't you be just a little happy that ATI has finally gotten their crap together performance-wise before criticizing their potential lack of openness? I would like OSS drivers as much as the next guy, but at least we ought to appreciate AMD/ATI is finally putting some effort into Linux. Besides, one of those Phoronix articles is insinuating that there is more for the OSS community coming than just higher performance.