When It Works, Intel Core i5 2500K Graphics On Linux Are Fast!

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Title: When It Works, Intel Core i5 2500K Graphics On Linux Are Fast! ( -at -)

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Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=15669

Summary: "After a month of headaches for Intel and myself, there are now

Sandy Bridge graphics benchmark results from the Intel Core i5 2500K

under Linux to finally publish. Sandy Bridge was a tough launch for

Intel in terms of the Linux coverage with the media having problems

building a working driver stack and then when I finally got my hands on

a CPU, I ran into an entirely different set of show-stopping problems.

The developers still have not solved the biggest original issue yet, but

Intel sent out a new motherboard and another CPU and it happens to "just

work" nicely under Linux. When using the latest bits of their

open-source Intel Linux graphics code, the performance on the Core i5

2500K is actually quite impressive compared to other open-source Linux

drivers."

 

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