Driver-update: AMD Catalyst Linux Display Driver 12.3

AMD geeft tegelijk met drivers voor Windows ook weer nieuwe Linux-drivers voor zijn Radeon-videokaarten uit. De download is iets meer dan 100MB groot, maar kan in zowel 32- als 64bit-omgevingen worden gebruikt. Versie 12.3 is geschikt voor Radeon HD 2400 en hoger, de FireStream 9170, 9250 en 9270, en de embedded E2400 en E4690. Verder worden versies 6.9 tot en met 7.6 van X.org, Linux-kernel 2.6 en hoger, en glibc-versies 2.2 en 2.3 ondersteund. Al geruime tijd levert AMD geen releasenotes meer mee met de Linux-driver, maar Phoronix heeft de volgende informatie kunnen achterhalen:

AMD Catalyst 12.3 For Linux Officially Released

Catalyst 12.3 isn't too interesting in terms of features or bug-fixes, and it doesn't have X.Org Server 1.12 support. However, Phoronix readers have already been quick to spot this driver's availability and have begun discussing it in the forums.

Most die-hard Linux enthusiasts relying upon the binary driver with ATI/AMD Radeon hardware are likely already using the early Catalyst 12.4 betas for Linux, which at least carries a few more changes over this month's official driver update.

The AMD Radeon HD 7950 under Linux is working fine with Catalyst 12.3 and I have more Linux OpenGL results from this GCN Southern Islands card to publish in the coming days.

Versienummer	12.3
Releasestatus	Final
Besturingssystemen	Linux, Linux AMD64
Website	Amd
Download	http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run
Bestandsgrootte	103,00MB
Licentietype	Voorwaarden (GNU/BSD/etc.)

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Niet echt grote veranderingen, behalve dat de 7950 nu goed lijkt te werken (die had met vorige versies nog geen goede ondersteuning). Het bericht van Phoronix:

Catalyst 12.3 isn't too interesting in terms of features or bug-fixes, and it doesn't have X.Org Server 1.12 support. However, Phoronix readers have already been quick to spot this driver's availability and have begun discussing it in the forums.

Most die-hard Linux enthusiasts relying upon the binary driver with ATI/AMD Radeon hardware are likely already using the early Catalyst 12.4 betas for Linux, which at least carries a few more changes over this month's official driver update.

The AMD Radeon HD 7950 under Linux is working fine with Catalyst 12.3 and I have more Linux OpenGL results from this GCN Southern Islands card to publish in the coming days.

For those on the NVIDIA side of the table that aren't using Nouveau, NVIDIA 295.33 was released last week for Linux as their latest and greatest driver with official support for the GeForce 600 Kepler series.

Bron: Phoronix

Ben zeer tevreden over AMD.. alleen jammer dat ze niet overgaan op vdpau.. en maar blijven hangen op xvba