NEWS: Vulkan v1.0 api released

The Khronos Group has released version 1.0 of the Vulkan – api . At the same time AMD and Nvidia beta drivers released with Vulkan support. The API is the successor to OpenGL and will compete with Microsoft’s DirectX 12 and Apple’s Metal. In addition to the publication of the final specifications of Vulkan 1.0 Khronos has also released an SDK for developers. All documentation… Read More »

NEWS: AMD Release New “Omega” Linux Driver

AMD Catalyst™ OMEGA Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver Release Notes  This release note provides information on the latest posting of AMD’s Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver. This particular driver updates the Software version to 14.501.1003 The AMD Linux release notes provide information on the following: AMD Product Compatibility Linux Distributions Supported System Requirements System Recommendations New Features Resolved Issues AMD Product Compatibility: The AMD Catalyst Proprietary Linux… Read More »

NEWS: Nvidia, AMD and Intel Love OpenGL

The three amigos, Nvidia, AMD and Intel have shown why OpenGL can unlock 15% extra performance over its rival Directx! Report This is welcome news for Linux gamers who are anxiously awaiting the tidal wave of games that are sure to hit our shores in the not to distant future. It should also help allay any fears developers might have about the performance difference between… Read More »

NEWS: AMD Catalyst™ 14.2 LINUX Beta Driver released

AMD are infamous for the quality or lack of quality of their Linux Drivers but lately they have been making an effort to head in the right direction. Today sees the release of a new beta driver for the community to play with! About Last Updates: 2/25/2014 Article Number: RN-LN-B14.2 Installer Notes ​Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 14.2 Beta Driver for Linux: This release of… Read More »

NEWS: AMD Catalyst 13.12 Driver goes from Beta to Stable

Great work, Columbo. Well as of right now I am still waiting for my final 5 parts for my ARCH gamebox. So I wanted to see what was new on the AMD front. I knew that the beta was going on but I didn’t think it would get pushed to “Stable” so quickly (as of DEC 19th, 2013). Needless to say I had to snoop… Read More »

NEWS: AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta Driver for Linux

Highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 13.10 Beta Driver for Linux: This release of AMD Catalyst™ Linux introduces support for the following features: Resolved Issues: [383176] System hang up when startx after setting up an Eyefinity desktop [384193] Permission issue with procfs on kernel 3.10 [373812] System hang observed while running disaster stress test on Ubuntu 12.10 [383109] Hang is observed when running Unigine on Linux… Read More »

NEWS: AMD’s open source Linux driver for Radeon

AMD has made an open source Linux driver for Radeon graphics cards ​​available. The new driver will ensure that the HD4000 series video cards can use the UVD engine, which hardware videos can be decoded.

NEWS: AMD Catalyst Display Driver v13.1

AMD Catalyst™ 13.1 Proprietary Linux® Graphics Driver