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OpenGL 4.6 Now Exposed For Old AMD Evergreen & Cayman GPUs On Linux Driver


Merged yesterday for Mesa 25.2 is an exciting change for those still making use of vintage Radeon GPUs..

Thanks to the work of community open-source developer Patrick Lerda, OpenGL 4.6 is now supported on the old R600g driver with it being all plumbed into place for the Radeon HD 6900 "Cayman" and Radeon HD 5800 "Evergreen" graphics cards. Those interested in topping out their OpenGL support for these old Radeon GPUs can find all the details via this Mesa merge.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. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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