AMD Radeon Gallium3D Is Catching Up & Sometimes Beating Catalyst On Linux
Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 17 November 2014 at 12:00 PM EST. Page 5 of 6. 36 Comments.
While Team Fortress 2 was faster with the open-source Radeon drivers, the system power consumption as measured by the WattsUp Pro was also higher averages than under Catalyst.
As a result of the higher power consumption, the power efficiency of the open-source driver on Team Fortress 2 fell behind the Catalyst binary blob.