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Breakthrough: ATI/AMD Driver Has Just Become up to 10 Times Faster!

LabR@t

LabR@t

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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=821&num=1


This is HUGE. From the article: "Whether you are using a Radeon X300 purchased a few years ago or the Radeon X1950PRO, the 8.41 driver is noticeably faster. How much faster? In many cases it is about 50% faster while in some configurations it may go as high as 90% or more. In fact, in some benchmarks the Mobility Radeon X300 was over 10x faster!"
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sorry if you got excited its linux drivers :), but i couldn't resist
 
On the plus side, AMD/ATI just recently announced that they will be offering open source drivers for there display cards. These open source drivers will contain a basic driver frame work and allow others to create their own drivers around that structure.

This means that we could have the potential of 3rd party developers creating some highly optimised/tweaked drivers that would be perfect for gaming.

Source: OSNews.com
 
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