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Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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There is fglrx driver for Mint 17.x Cinnamon for amd a8. 7401 It seems there won't be any driver in either Mint 18.x or later.
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Re: Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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The open source driver in Mint 18 works fine for AMD APUs. I have an a12-8800b (carrizo) and it runs fine. If your gaming performance is inadequate, loading a ppa like oibaf or padoka may help.
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Re: Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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mr_raider wrote:The open source driver in Mint 18 works fine for AMD APUs. I have an a12-8800b (carrizo) and it runs fine. If your gaming performance is inadequate, loading a ppa like oibaf or padoka may help.
What I suspect is with fglrx the graphics speed will be more
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Re: Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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deepakdeshp wrote:
mr_raider wrote:The open source driver in Mint 18 works fine for AMD APUs. I have an a12-8800b (carrizo) and it runs fine. If your gaming performance is inadequate, loading a ppa like oibaf or padoka may help.
What I suspect is with fglrx the graphics speed will be more
fglrx does not support proper video acceleration (vdpau or vaapi). It may well be superior in gaming though. You will have to try it out.
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Re: Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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mr_raider wrote:
deepakdeshp wrote:
mr_raider wrote:The open source driver in Mint 18 works fine for AMD APUs. I have an a12-8800b (carrizo) and it runs fine. If your gaming performance is inadequate, loading a ppa like oibaf or padoka may help.
What I suspect is with fglrx the graphics speed will be more
fglrx does not support proper video acceleration (vdpau or vaapi). It may well be superior in gaming though. You will have to try it out.
I don't. Game at all
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Re: Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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deepakdeshp wrote:
mr_raider wrote:
deepakdeshp wrote: What I suspect is with fglrx the graphics speed will be more
fglrx does not support proper video acceleration (vdpau or vaapi). It may well be superior in gaming though. You will have to try it out.
I don't. Game at all
Then try the open source divers in 18.
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Re: Support for AMD a8 7401 in 18.3 and later.

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Open source drivers is the only option to choose from. I was thinking that the proprietary driver, if present, would have given better performance.
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