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We have come across a message from John Byrne at AMD and a survey for Linux users to speak up on how they are performing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNHlIZ4F9Jc
You can fill out the mentioned survey here.
I would only fill it out if you're a current or very recent AMD user, as there's no point otherwise than to spam them. Be honest and maybe we can let them know how good/bad they are doing for Linux gamers. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNHlIZ4F9Jc
You can fill out the mentioned survey here.
I would only fill it out if you're a current or very recent AMD user, as there's no point otherwise than to spam them. Be honest and maybe we can let them know how good/bad they are doing for Linux gamers. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Although that article makes it pretty obvious, I find that having 150fps on portal suits me just fine. And until games become as demanding as Unigene Heaven, I can live with games getting me 80fps. FPS is just a number, like resolution.
Obviously there is a certain point where it's important to have good fps but the number is experiential in importance (the more FPS you have, the less it matters). And by and large 60fps and beyond is fine, and 30fps and beyond is generally good enough depending on the game.
Obviously there is a certain point where it's important to have good fps but the number is experiential in importance (the more FPS you have, the less it matters). And by and large 60fps and beyond is fine, and 30fps and beyond is generally good enough depending on the game.
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Plintslîcho Sep 29, 2014
Like others, I've switched to nVidia long ago and have absolutely no reason to go for AMD again.
However, my little 11" laptop is all AMD based. I use the open source radeon driver though because I found that to be the most convenient driver to use.
However, my little 11" laptop is all AMD based. I use the open source radeon driver though because I found that to be the most convenient driver to use.
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Quoting: laveto me it looks like the sole reason why they support the foss driver is to save money on developer deployment for their proprietary.
The reason for the free radeon driver was actually AMD bowing to pressure from Linux vendors like Red Hat and Novell after they purchased ATI in 2007. There was a lot of demand for it, especially since before Nvidia showed up it was actually the norm to have free software Mesa drivers from graphics card manufacturers.
Quoting: laveunless you really care about open source in every part of your system the support of noveau by nvidia wont even matter to you, because their binary covers all your needs.
As mirv has already pointed out that is far from being true; I really would not be able to comfortably use the distributions I do (Arch and Fedora) if I had to have a blob tied around my neck making me have to question every kernel or xorg update, let alone next generation technologies like Wayland. Ease of installation and maintenance matters even to gamers.
As for gaming, it has been years since I have had a game fail to work for me because of my drivers. Things have improved hugely since I first had the opportunity to use Linux full time in 2007. This is thanks to sane developments from AMD, Intel, and of course those previously mentioned Linux vendors, among others in the community. At this point, I would never tolerate a blob again.
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