New major versions of the open-source AMDGPU (xf86-video-amdgpu) and Radeon (xf86-video-ati) drivers that promise a much-improved graphics desktop experience for Linux users landed the other day.
As noted in our initial report, the xf86-video-amdgpu 1.2.0 and xf86-video-ati 7.8.0 drivers bring the long anticipated “TearFree” option for preventing tearing, which should work with all display configurations, DRI3 by default, and support for DRI3/Present asynchronous page flips, boosting the performance of full-screen apps.
Most importantly, it appears that older AMD Radeon GPUs from the SI (Southern Islands) family are now supported by the open source AMDGPU driver. These includes graphics cards from the AMD Radeon HD7750 to HD7970, R9 270, R9-280, R7 240, and R7 250 series with engineering names of CAPE VERDE, HAINAN, O… (read more)
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