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“In the last quarter of 2007 AMD was on a spree with their
proprietary Linux driver as they introduced their new OpenGL
driver, which brought major performance improvements, and that was
followed by AIGLX support. This year, however, their Catalyst Linux
driver activity has been relatively quiet for end-users. Since
switching over to this much-improved code-base, they have been able
to deliver same-month product support for their new graphics
processors such as the Radeon HD 3650, 3850/3870, and the
780G-based IGP, which once couldn’t be said for this company that
had taken them a half-year to deliver support for the Radeon X1000
(R500) and Radeon HD 2000 (R600) product families. Today the
Catalyst 8.4 Linux driver has been released, and like the 8.1, 8.2,
and 8.3 drivers, this month’s update comes with minimal
changes…”
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