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AMD Catalyst Linux Driver Catching Up To and Beating Windows

Posted by Soulskill on from the tortoise-finally-starting-to-overtake-the-hare dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Along with the open-source AMD Linux driver having a great 2014, the AMD Catalyst proprietary driver for Linux has also improved a lot. Beyond the open-source Radeon Gallium3D driver closing in on Catalyst, the latest Phoronix end-of-year tests show the AMD Catalyst Linux driver is beating Catalyst on Windows for some OpenGL benchmarks. The proprietary driver tests were done with the new Catalyst "OMEGA" driver. Is AMD beginning to lead real Linux driver innovations or is OpenGL on Windows just struggling?

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  1. Re:Always struggling with a Dodgy NVS mobile... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're an idiot. Nvidia has been worse for nearly a decade, and most of the time ATI cards have a better performance/price ratio too, as you can see in most articles, including tomhardware's "best graphics card for the money" series (90% or so have been ATI cards for as long as I remember).

    But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your fanboyism! You're the one paying more for less performance and worse drivers and I thank you for it! You're keeping competition alive which enables the rest of us to get better prices on the better products!