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Linux's AMD Radeon Vulkan Driver Adds Experimental Support For The BC-250 Mining Board


The AMD BC-250 is a crypto mining GPU launched by AMD back during the Bitcoin mining craze when it was profitable using GPUs for mining

The AMD BC-250 can be found used these days for $50~100 USD and with the latest open-source Mesa graphics driver code for Linux systems can now be used with the Vulkan API for graphics/gaming. It is noted though that the compute-only queue doesn't work properly, some games have graphical glitches, and other bugs may persist. Mesa 25.1 should be out in May with this BC-250 support.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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