Open Source Radeon & AMDGPU Linux Drivers Updated for AMD GPUs with Improvements

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Michel Dänzer announced today the general availability of new maintenance updates for the open source AMDGPU (xf86-video-amdgpu) and Radeon (xf86-video-ati) graphics drivers.

xf86-video-ati 7.9.0 and xf86-video-amdgpu 1.3.0 are now available for download and they are coming soon to a GNU/Linux distro near you to improve your gaming experience if you’re using an AMD Radeon graphics card.

Both releases come with the ability to use DRM render nodes for DRI3 clients if they are available, and allow the TearFree option to be toggled at runtime by using a RandR output property called “TearFree.”

It is important here to mention the fact that the “TearFree” xorg.conf option can now be used to control the default value of the output properties. Also, both releases offer support for versions 1.10 to 1.19 of the X.Org… (read more)

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