AMD have pushed out a public Release Candidate of their 14.4 driver for users of AMD graphics chips. Nice to see them include change-logs now. So much for including change-logs for Linux being too much engineering time...
Changelog
While it's nice to see them fix support for rather old titles like "ETQW", wouldn't you rather they focused on more popular Linux games that have issues?
It seems odd for them to not yet support Ubuntu 14.04 yet, I don't mean to step on AMD's toes here, but is it really that difficult? They certainly do seem slow at times.
See the full post on it at AMD's site here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Changelog
QuoteProducts:
Support for the AMD Radeon R9 295X
Features:
Ubuntu 12.04.4 support
Full support for OpenGL 4.4
OpenGL 4.4 supports the following extensions:
ARB_buffer_storage
ARB_enhanced_layouts
ARB_query_buffer_object
ARB_clear_texture
ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
ARB_texture_stencil8
ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
ARB_multi_bind
ARB_bindless_texture
ARB_spare_texture
ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
ARB_indirect_parameters
ARB_compute_variable_group_size
ARB_shader_draw_parameters
ARB_shader_group_vote
Resolved Issues:
[388835] : Corruption and system hang observed while running Sanctuary BM with Tear Free Desktop enabled
[391994] : Memory leak about hardware context
[392921] : EGL create context error for glesx
[393622] : GPU hand in CrossFire Mode
[392271] : [Piglit] Test "spec/arb_vertex_array_object" failed
[393283]: Glxtest failures observed in log file
[392666] : [Piglit] Test "glx/GLX_EXT_import_context/free context" failed
[389496] : [Piglit] Test "spec/ARB_seamless_cube_map" failed
[388194] : [Piglit] Test "texture swizzle with border color" failed
[391231] : Blank screen observed while running steam games with Big picture
[394935] : 4ms delay observed in the glxSwapBuffers when vsync is enabled
[375710] : RBDoom3BFG the game auto quit when use the security camera terminal
[394504] : ETQW segmentation fault
While it's nice to see them fix support for rather old titles like "ETQW", wouldn't you rather they focused on more popular Linux games that have issues?
It seems odd for them to not yet support Ubuntu 14.04 yet, I don't mean to step on AMD's toes here, but is it really that difficult? They certainly do seem slow at times.
See the full post on it at AMD's site here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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The drivers work on 14.04, so the "support" is there. Official or not.
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It seems odd for them to not yet support Ubuntu 14.04 yet
It is very odd, especially considering it's an LTS release. I'm on the 14.3 beta drivers in 14.04 on my 2nd machine still, will hopefully update them in a bit.
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Wiat old issue "Lagg after playing games for a while" is not on solved list nor on "Open issues"
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Wait*
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Just a feeling... Do you think that their implication in the developpment of the FOOS driver has something to do with the fact that Catalyst doesn't support Ubuntu 14.04 yet?
I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.
I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.
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Just a feeling... Do you think that their implication in the developpment of the FOOS driver has something to do with the fact that Catalyst doesn't support Ubuntu 14.04 yet?
I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.
Just out of curiosity, what does being a Dell have to do with Catalyst installation?
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Also is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?
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Just a feeling... Do you think that their implication in the developpment of the FOOS driver has something to do with the fact that Catalyst doesn't support Ubuntu 14.04 yet?Just out of curiosity, what does being a Dell have to do with Catalyst installation?
I'm running an Inspiron-N5110 with Kubuntu 14.04 on the FOOS driver and it's just fine. I get as many fps and it is mouse lag free. Not to mention all the installation problems and workarounds you have to do to get Catalyst working just because it's a DELL.
I don't know if it's true for all DELL Laptops, but for my Inspiron N-5110, even on Windows' original installation, you have to use the DELL videocard drivers. You can't download a driver from AMD and think it's going to work. I never had any success that way. Catalyst won't install.
I may be wrong but I think it has something to do with the DELL homemade BIOS.
At least with Kubuntu 14.04 ans the FOOS driver, everything works out of the box.
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Also is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?
Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.
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Also is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.
FOOS = Free Ond Open Source*
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FOOS = Free Ond Open Source*Also is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.
Doh! :D
FOSS... Wrote it twice... That's a shame!
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Also is FOOS a new acronym I'm not aware of, or just a typo for FOSS (Free and Open Source Software)?Yep! FOOS is for Free and Open Source.
Interesting, what's the second 'O' stand for?
Oops just saw followup, guess it is typo after all, probably one of those things where your fingers just prefer to do the wrong thing -- I get that with programming variables that other people pick sometimes ;)
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too bad they dropped support for the majority of some of their not-so-old "Legacy" graphics cards completely
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too bad they dropped support for the majority of some of their not-so-old "Legacy" graphics cards completely
Which ones, 4000 series? I've heard the free driver works really well with those now, so Catalyst doesn't really seem needed.
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too bad they dropped support for the majority of some of their not-so-old "Legacy" graphics cards completelyWhich ones, 4000 series? I've heard the free driver works really well with those now, so Catalyst doesn't really seem needed.
Radeon FOSS have it more nailed than AMD ever did, your in safe hands.
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