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Linux gamers won't be affected by RX 5000/6000 series driver shift — AMD changes limited to Windows thanks to separated development

AMD confused the gaming community greatly after it announced it would put RDNA 1 and RDNA 2 driver support in "maintenance mode", but later corrected that the two architectures would still be ...
PC World

How GPU hardware acceleration works with Linux

The processor of current PCs is usually powerful enough to work smoothly with all types of content. However, some processes put a higher load on the processor — for example, when you watch videos.
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AMD's next-gen RDNA 4 GPU teased again as 'GFX12' in new Linux patches

Previously, AMD didn't push into Linux as hard as their competitors like Intel and NVIDIA, with the new patches not offering anything overly exciting, but instead, it's just traditional instructions ...
PC Gamer

AMD Linux devs jamming nearly 24,000 lines of RDNA 4 supporting code into its mainstream driver suggests next-gen launch may be close at hand

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Where is an RX 6800 XT GPU faster than an RX 7800 XT? In Linux gaming, that's where

Specifically, in the Ubuntu distro, which was the battleground on which Phoronix organized a shootout between AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs. This was a test of 1080p resolution gaming on Linux, and the ...
PC Gamer

AMD's graphics driver discovered making 'hundreds' of SSD writes for every mouse move, but it probably isn't actually a problem

A Reddit user has posted an alarming investigation into the disk activity associated with AMD's PC graphics driver. Among other examples of heavy storage traffic, it turns out the AMD graphics driver ...