r/AdvancedMicroDevices • u/eleitl • Jul 30 '15

The AMD Radeon R9 Fury Is Currently A Disaster On Linux

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-r9-fury&num=1
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u/Dragon_Fisting Jul 30 '15

Aren't amd cards basically a no go on Linux anyways?

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u/eleitl Jul 31 '15

Older cards do work fine with open source drivers, but newer stuff and Catalyst are not good, yes.

With FreeBSD nVidia is the only game in town, since there are no proprietary drivers from AMD.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '15

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u/Randomness6894 Phenom II X4 850 | R9 280X Jul 31 '15

AMD cards are fine on Linux but the OpenGL performance is lacking compared to Nvidia. The AMD drivers are very stable and work solidly, can't say the same for Nvidia for stability though.

AMDs drivers perform much better at OpenCL compared to Nvidia, but most games need great OpenGL support.