Update: It's out!
AMD Catalyst 15.9 is about to be released, and I imagine it will make a few people quite happy with their progress.
AMD did seem to make strides with the 15.7, with a fair few people reporting much better performance in a few different games, and it looks like 15.9 will continue this trend.
Cheers reddit.
A funny bug fix is the renaming of the Counter-Strike: GO executable (to hl2_linux), which resulted in much better performance. This should no longer be needed.
Also, I do wonder why Alien: Isolation is listed in the Linux release notes, looks like they dropped the ball for whoever is porting it.
It will be available to grab here later. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
AMD Catalyst 15.9 is about to be released, and I imagine it will make a few people quite happy with their progress.
AMD did seem to make strides with the 15.7, with a fair few people reporting much better performance in a few different games, and it looks like 15.9 will continue this trend.
QuoteAMD Catalyst 15.9 // fglrx 15.201.1151
[425910] Driver installation sometimes fails on Ubuntu 14.04.3
[424450] Company of Heroes® 2 - Game crashes while running the performance test
[424794] Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor - Corruption observed in game
[424882] DIRT® Showdown - Corruption observed in game
[425234] DIRT® Showdown - Game crashes after the loading screen
[424802] DOTA™ 2 – Application hang observed while exiting the game
[424255] AMD Catalyst™ Installer removing EGL links resulting in Xserver/Xorg load failure
[423471] Unable to switch desktop mode after installing AMD Catalyst™ driver
[423735] Renaming Counter-Strike: GO and other Steam game binary improves performance
Issues
[419960]: Vari-Bright on some configurations is not decreasing brightness as expected
[425912] Alien: Isolation - Blank screen or corruption observed on the main menu in game
Cheers reddit.
A funny bug fix is the renaming of the Counter-Strike: GO executable (to hl2_linux), which resulted in much better performance. This should no longer be needed.
Also, I do wonder why Alien: Isolation is listed in the Linux release notes, looks like they dropped the ball for whoever is porting it.
It will be available to grab here later. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I'm a Nvidia user and I'm happy about this. Maybe this is finally the start of AMD getting their **** together as far as their proprietary Linux driver? I'm not holding my breath, but I'll be very happy if this is a trend. I look forward to a day where I have a real choice when I choose to replace my outrageously overpriced video card years from now and I can choose Team Green or Team Red, rather than the current situation of "I'd be an idiot to not buy Team Green".
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Last edited by Keyrock on 16 September 2015 at 3:01 am UTC
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coryrj19951 Sep 16, 2015
I'm hoping for as much of an increase that 15.5 had for me :D
Just waiting for the download to finish... arghh, come on slow internet! :P
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Just waiting for the download to finish... arghh, come on slow internet! :P
Last edited by coryrj19951 on 16 September 2015 at 3:52 am UTC
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slaapliedje Sep 16, 2015
Quoting: KeyrockI'm a Nvidia user and I'm happy about this. Maybe this is finally the start of AMD getting their **** together as far as their proprietary Linux driver? I'm not holding my breath, but I'll be very happy if this is a trend. I look forward to a day where I have a real choice when I choose to replace my outrageously overpriced video card years from now and I can choose Team Green or Team Red, rather than the current situation of "I'd be an idiot to not buy Team Green".
Agreed, Linux has been one of those things where everyone says 'it's about choice!' but for so long we couldn't really choose video cards and get the performance they were supposed to get. I've stuck with nVidia for many years because of it.
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Quoting: liamdaweThe driver is out now folks.
Awaiting your measurements! :P
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Quoting: EikeQuoting: liamdaweThe driver is out now folks.
Awaiting your measurements! :P
I don't have an AMD GPU yet, you're looking at Samsai for that but he's currently sick.
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Quoting: liamdaweI don't have an AMD GPU yet, you're looking at Samsai for that but he's currently sick.
Get well soon, Samsai-san!
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I'll try and test out a couple of games tonight on one of my 290x-es and see how it plays.
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abelthorne Sep 16, 2015
QuoteAlso, I do wonder why Alien: Isolation is listed in the Linux release notes, looks like they dropped the ball for whoever is porting it.Wasn't Alien: Isolation already announced on Linux, at least semi-officially, like in the list of the big SteamOS games that were in a sale a few monthes ago (some being planned for later in 2015, like Payday 2 or Saints Row 4)?
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