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Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:04:47 +0000

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

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Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:49:58 +0000

One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

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AMD reveal the Ryzen 9850X3D, Ryzen AI 400 series and more Ryzen AI Max+

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:50:07 +0000

AMD had plenty to reveal at CES 2026 with a bunch of new processors, including the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D as the "the fastest gaming processor on the market".

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AMD FSR Redstone arrives with AMD FSR SDK 2.1

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:46:36 +0000

AMD today properly revealed and released AMD FSR Redstone with the AMD FSR SDK 2.1, bringing many enhancements to their upscaling tech.

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AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:52:11 +0000

AMD have gone and done it. They've put up a teaser for an announcement of AMD FSR Redstone arriving on December 10.

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Linux users have no reason to worry about recent AMD GPU driver changes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:55:10 +0000

This is a little PSA to Linux users and Linux gamers, with news reports out there about AMD shifting focus away from certain GPUs.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will perform better on AMD GPUs with Mesa 26

Liam Dawe — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:58:00 +0000

Mesa 26 is due for release early next year, and it appears that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is one game that's set to benefit greatly from it.

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Steam Deck plugin adds AMD FSR4 support to improve visuals

Liam Dawe — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:39:04 +0000

You're supposed to only be able to use AMD FSR4 with the latest AMD GPUs, but thanks to a woops from AMD - even the Steam Deck can now use FSR4.

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AMDVLK has been discontinued as AMD are throwing their "full support" behind RADV

Liam Dawe — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:09:01 +0000

AMD have announced the end of AMDVLK, their official open-source Vulkan driver and will instead now be focusing on the much more popular RADV.

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AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) now available for all developers with FidelityFX SDK 2.0

Liam Dawe — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:23:20 +0000

AMD have finally released FidelityFX SDK 2.0, which includes support for FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4), so now all developers can use it.

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AMD CPU Transient Scheduler Attacks security flaw revealed

Liam Dawe — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:00:17 +0000

Made public today is a fresh round of security issues, this time for AMD CPUs with Transient Scheduler Attacks.

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The Last of Us Part I gets AMD FSR 4 and an audio fix for Steam Deck

Liam Dawe — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:19:28 +0000

Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy Studios just released a fresh update for The Last of Us Part I with more improvements for all platforms.

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AMD tease new gaming chips that combine "Ryzen and Radeon for consoles, handhelds" and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:51:16 +0000

AMD have begun teasing some next-gen chips, following on from the announcements of the ROG Xbox Ally, and Microsoft talking about next-gen console plans.

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Mesa 25.1.4 brings more graphics driver fixes for Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:32:38 +0000

Mesa 25.1.4 is out now for open source Linux graphics drivers, bringing more bug fixes for the current stable series.

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AMD revealed two more Ryzen Z2 chips for gaming handhelds

Liam Dawe — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:23:41 +0000

AMD have expanded their Ryzen Z2 offerings, with two more chips designed for handhelds.

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Mesa 25.1.2 graphics drivers bug-fix released for Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:19:05 +0000

Mesa graphics drivers version 25.1.2 are officially out now for Linux with improvements for those using Intel, AMD, NVIDIA GPUs and game fixes.

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Mesa 25.0.7 open source Linux graphics drivers released

Liam Dawe — Thu, 29 May 2025 16:58:26 +0000

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 25.0.7 release, finishing off the 25.0 series of open source Linux graphics drivers.

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Mesa 25.1.1 is out now with the AMD GPU fix for DOOM: The Dark Ages

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 May 2025 09:30:56 +0000

Developer Eric Engestrom announced today the release of Mesa 25.1.1 graphics drivers, a bug-fix release for the latest major version of the open source drivers.

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AMD announce the Radeon RX 9060 XT and a big FSR 4 'Redstone' upgrade

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 May 2025 09:15:41 +0000

Some fun news coming out of Computex 2025 with AMD revealing two models of the Radeon RX 9060 XT, along with a big upgrade for FSR 4 named 'Redstone'.

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Mesa 25.0.6 released with AMD GPU fixes for DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 May 2025 18:35:06 +0000

The open source Mesa 25.0.6 graphics drivers bug-fix release is out now, and thankfully this one comes with the updates needed to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux with Proton when you have an AMD GPU.

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DOOM: The Dark Ages needs workarounds on Linux with AMD GPUs, a fix has been merged into Mesa

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 May 2025 11:01:20 +0000

With DOOM: The Dark Ages about to release for everyone on May 15th, and with Advanced Access available, it seems it needs some workarounds to run on Linux with AMD GPUs. This is likely what Valve already solved in SteamOS for Steam Deck.

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AMD confirm Ryzen 9 9950X3D & 9900X3D price and release date

Liam Dawe — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:36:19 +0000

For those of you wanting a new high-spec processor for all your gaming, perhaps the latest Ryzen X3D will be what you're after. Announced back in January, today we now have the confirmed launch dates and pricing.

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Mesa 25.0.1 released with fixes for Avowed and Total War Warhammer III

Liam Dawe — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:47:18 +0000

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the released of Mesa 25.0.1, the first bug-fix release for the Mesa 25.0 series.

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT arrive March 6th, AMD dive deeper into RDNA 4 and FSR 4

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:13:51 +0000

AMD have today pulled back the curtain on the Radeon RX 9000 series powered by RDNA 4 along with FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4).

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Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT) upgrades NVIDIA clockspeed configuration

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:04:32 +0000

If you want to fully control your GPU on Linux you may want to check out the latest update to Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT), which brings in various new features.

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Sadly the RoadCraft demo is currently broken on Steam Deck / Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:02:27 +0000

At least on AMD systems like Steam Deck and my Desktop Linux install, it seems like the demo of RoadCraft from Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment is quite broken.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets DLSS 4 and FSR 3.1 but breaks on Steam Deck / Linux with Mesa

Liam Dawe — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:18:27 +0000

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle just got a major update with some fancy new features, but it seems like it's now broken on Linux with AMD GPUs using Mesa like Steam Deck.

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FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH should work better on Linux / Steam Deck with the latest Proton Hotfix

Liam Dawe — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:32:25 +0000

Even though FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is rated as Steam Deck Verified, it did launch with some problems on Linux / Steam Deck but Valve's Proton developers are moving quickly to improve it.

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AMD reveals AMDGPU Composition Stack, a fork of Wayland's Weston compositor for advancing the Linux desktop

Liam Dawe — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:04:46 +0000

With many Linux desktops now running Wayland quite nicely, it seems it's time to keep pushing ahead. AMD have revealed what they call the AMDGPU Composition Stack (ACS).

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AMD reveal Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D, 'Fire Range' HX3D for mobile, Ryzen Z2 for handheld PCs, RDNA 4 and FSR 4

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 20:08:00 +0000

AMD presented their CES 2025 Keynote today to announce multiple new processors with a few bits of exciting news there.

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There is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve

Liam Dawe — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:57:08 +0000

With CES starting tomorrow, there's already lots of leaks and speculation going around and Valve have been quick to shoot down an AMD Z2 Steam Deck.

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming processor announced for November 7

Liam Dawe — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:38:24 +0000

With a firm focus on gamers, AMD have revealed the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor will be coming on November 7th.

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Intel and AMD join up to form the x86 ecosystem advisory group to shape the future

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:26:00 +0000

Seems AMD and Intel may be feeling the pressure from Arm? Today both companies announced the forming of a new x86 ecosystem advisory group to help shape the future of the platform.

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DOOM ported to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs

Liam Dawe — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:31:13 +0000

Whatever will they do with DOOM next? A developer at AMD decided to port over classic DOOM to run almost entirely on the GPU.

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CoreCtrl adds power profiles support for AMD RX 7600

Liam Dawe — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 10:37:43 +0000

Need more control over your hardware on desktop Linux? CoreCtrl had a small update recently to expand the support to the AMD RX 7600.

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AMD's Z2 Extreme chip due out sometime in 2025 for handheld PCs

Liam Dawe — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:34:57 +0000

Things are about to get even more interesting for people interested in handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go as there's a new AMD chip coming.

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AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors dates and prices revealed

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:30:49 +0000

AMD have now officially revealed the exact date and pricing for their exciting upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors launch.

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AMD releases FidelityFX SDK 1.1.0 with FSR 3.1 and Vulkan support

Liam Dawe — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:46:24 +0000

Good news for developers and open source, as AMD have now finally put up a new release of the FidelityFX SDK which now has FidelityFX FSR 3.1.

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AMD FSR 3.1 added to Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Forbidden West and more

Liam Dawe — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:12:40 +0000

You have to hand it to PlayStation Publishing and their development partners like Nixxes Software and Jetpack Interactive for their impressive ongoing support of PC releases with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.1 (FSR 3.1) now added to multiple games.

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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora now on Steam, broken for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:49:06 +0000

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has now released on Steam, and at least when it comes to AMD GPUs, it seems to be currently a no-go and just doesn't run with Proton on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

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ZOTAC Zone is yet another AMD gaming handheld

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:26:59 +0000

Every hardware vendor seems to want a go at making a handheld, and now its ZOTAC jumping in with the Zone.

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AMD reveal new Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors, plus Ryzen AI 300 Series for laptops

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:10:44 +0000

Things are heating up again in the hardware space, with AMD now formally revealing the new Zen 5 Ryzen Processors.

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TUXEDO recently revealed two more AMD Ryzen laptops

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 May 2024 10:48:28 +0000

In the market for a new laptop? Maybe TUXEDO have what you need, especially if you're wanting something with AMD.

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AMD FSR 3.1 announced with Vulkan support, upscaling quality improvements

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:46:21 +0000

During GDC, AMD announced the latest big upgrade to come for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution with version 3.1 planned to launch in Q2 2024.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 gets AMD FSR 2.2 and HDR10+

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:39:26 +0000

A rare update for Red Dead Redemption 2 has landed, and for those who want a little more performance, you might like this one especially if you're on Steam Deck.

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The Last of Us Part I added AMD FSR 3 with Frame Generation

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:27:25 +0000

For those of you interested in getting the most out of The Last of Us Part I on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck, you may want to check out patch v1.1.3.

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Valve tweaks WWE 2K24 for AMD GPUs like Steam Deck, looking into Red Alert 2 issues

Liam Dawe — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:27:38 +0000

WWE 2K24 released recently and at least for those with an AMD GPU (like the Steam Deck) there were various graphical issues, but it should now work better. Plus, Valve are looking into issues with Red Alert 2 in Proton.

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AMDGPU driver for Linux 6.7 enforces lower power limits from vBIOS

nwildner — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:26:23 +0000

Starting with Linux kernel 6.7, users of the AMDGPU driver are not be able to set power limits below the recommended values advised by the AMD Engineering team on the hardware itself. The new low-power limits are intentionally enforced and set based on each card vBIOS specification.

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The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation

Liam Dawe — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:39:10 +0000

If you were hoping at some point to see HDMI 2.1+ on Linux with AMD + Mesa, you're out of luck right now as it's simply not going to be happening.

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Slimbook reveal the AMD powered Excalibur laptop and KDE Plasma 6 Slimbook

Liam Dawe — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:05:24 +0000

For all of you who keep asking for more AMD powered laptops, Slimbook have delivered with the brand new Excalibur which also has a KDE Slimbook counterpart.

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