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Radeon HD 5830: A New Best-Buy in Sight | Posted on: 26/02/2010 @ 20:22

A bit later than expected, the third and final model from AMD’s current top-class offer, as far as single-GPU cards are concerned, arrived to our doorstep. As a reminder, Radeons HD 5850 and 5870 appeared way back at the end of September last year, being the first DirectX 11 cards on the market, but also the most powerful ones. The new HD 5830 is a bit late, but just on time to spoil ...

GPU Switching Goes For The Gold: Mainline Inclusion | Posted on: 26/02/2010 @ 12:00

At the start of the month we talked about GPU switching coming to Linux in a crude form that allowed notebooks with dual GPUs (one being a low-power, low-performance integrated chip and the other being the more performance-oriented GPU that's power hungry) to be switched from without the need for a reboot in Linux. This initial work was just a collection of hacks by David Airlie and it required ...

Intel Sandy Bridge GPU Support Begins On Linux | Posted on: 25/02/2010 @ 19:50

Intel launched the desktop "Clarkdale" and mobile "Arrandale" processors a few months back that boasted a number of architectural improvements and one of the big features was the integration of a graphics processor directly on the CPU itself. As we shared when testing out the Intel Core i5 530 processor, the Clarkdale graphics performance was fairly nice and worked quite well under Linux using an ...

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB Review | Posted on: 25/02/2010 @ 11:50

The latest addition to ATI's stable of graphics cards fits in between the HD 5770 and HD 5850, bringing DirectX 11 graphics to yet another price point. We take a look to see if it's performance stacks up to its price tag.

AMD ATI (Sapphire) Radeon HD 5830: the last hurrah | Posted on: 25/02/2010 @ 5:10

The final Radeon 5-series card surfaces. Priced at just under £200, should you buy it? Only one way of finding out.

AMD’s Radeon HD 5830: A Filler Card at the Wrong Price | Posted on: 25/02/2010 @ 5:00

To close the 5850/5770 gap, today AMD is introducing the 5830, a further cut-down Cypress. Today we'll see why this card embodies the idea that there is no such thing as a bad card, only a bad price...

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB DX11 Video Card Review | Posted on: 25/02/2010 @ 5:00

ATI has ten Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards on the market today and if you think they are going to stop there you are sadly mistaken. Today AMD is announcing the Radeon HD 5830 graphics card, which is the 'big brother' of the $143 Radeon HD 5770 and the 'little brother' of the $299 Radeon HD 5850. Read on to see how the $239 Radeon HD 5830 does in our in-depth testing!

ATI Radeon HD 5830 1GB Video Card | Posted on: 25/02/2010 @ 4:50

HIS Radeon HD 5570 1GB GDDR3 Video Card in CrossFire | Posted on: 24/02/2010 @ 12:50

Aliens Vs Predator PC Game DX11 Performance Benchmarks | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 22:50

Many of the new PC game titles that are coming out today are being released with DirectX 11 graphics. You don't have to have a DirectX 11 graphics card to play DirectX 11 game titles, but to get the graphics quality that you payed for one is most certainly needed. Read on to see how some Radeon HD 5000 video cards do in the PC game Aliens versus Predator.

XFX Radeon HD 5770 Competition Winner is Patheticcockroach | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 17:20

Would just like to say congratulations to the winner of the XFX Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. We had a lot of entrants and it came very close to the end. The winner is: Patheticcockroach Congratulations, and remember to check back for a new competition soon. Congratulations once again and i hope you enjoy the XFX Radeon HD 5770 graphics [...]

HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB GDDR3 Video Card | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 12:40

NVIDIA's GTX 400 Series Gets A Launch Date: March 26th | Posted on: 23/02/2010 @ 4:10

On the heels of a rather unusual (and poorly received) announcement this morning that they'd be showing off the GTX 400 series at PAX East this year, NVIDIA has made a second and much more to-the-point announcement today.   The GTX 400 series will be launching March 26th.   And at this point that's all we know. Specifications,...

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 TOXIC Video Card | Posted on: 22/02/2010 @ 15:00

Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro GPU Cooler | Posted on: 22/02/2010 @ 6:40

Ultra Quiet and Extremely Cool! Recently, I have had been thinking about doing something about the heating problem of my graphics card. I had overclocked my CPU and in the process the temperature inside the computer has increased. So whenever I play any little game or even do anything that is remotely somewhat intensive on the GPU the computer would shut down because of the graphic card ...

Zotac GeForce GT 240 512MB | Posted on: 21/02/2010 @ 20:23

ATI have been plugging the low-end mainstream market of their 5 series DirectX 11 cards with the launch of several cards: the HD 5450, HD 5570 and HD 5670 are the most recent additions. With Nvidia’s Fermi launch still several weeks away, the GT 240 bolsters the GTX-200 series and hopes to take the fight to ATI’s previous generation star of the graphics world without extra PCI-e ...

MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK Edition: the very best mid-range graphics card? | Posted on: 20/02/2010 @ 5:10

It arrives stacked with features. We examine the credentials of this £155 gaming card.

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 OC Video Card | Posted on: 20/02/2010 @ 4:20

Sapphire’s Radeon HD 5850 Toxic Edition: Our First Fully-Custom 5850 | Posted on: 19/02/2010 @ 4:40

With the supply of AMD's Cypress chips picking up, we finally have our first fully-custom board. Today Sapphire is releasing the first such product, the overclocked and overcooled 5850 Toxic Edition....

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 Toxic 1GB | Posted on: 18/02/2010 @ 9:17

If the Radeon HD 5870 is overkill for your specific gaming needs, then the Radeon HD 5850 could well be the graphics board for you. If the reference design bores you however, then today Sapphire have launched a part which might well grab your attention - The Radeon HD 5850 Toxic, complete with some notable core and memory overclocks as well as a custom, vapour chamber cooling solution. We take ...

Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 TOXIC 1,024MB examined | Posted on: 18/02/2010 @ 5:10

A new cooler and higher clocks. Let's see if it's worth the £45 premium over regular cards.

HIS Radeon HD 5670 IceQ+ 1GB Video Card | Posted on: 18/02/2010 @ 4:40

ASUS EAH5670 1GB GDDR5 | Posted on: 18/02/2010 @ 2:33

ASUS typically brings some unique features to the table with their graphics cards, and even at a lower price range the EAH5670 1GB is no exception. A few interesting software utilities, along with a custom heatsink, make this budget gaming card a rather attractive package. Let\'s take a closer look and see what ASUS brings to the table here to satisfy your gaming interests.

Talking Radeon GLSL From X@FOSDEM 2010 | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 13:40

Last week we provided an update as to our X@FOSDEM 2010 video status. Well, it's still taken some time to get these recordings out there that were taken earlier this month in Brussels, Belgium...

ATI Catalyst 10.2 and 10.3 feature preview - CrossFireX profiles and more | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 9:07

Today sees the release of ATI\'s monthly graphics driver for February, Catalyst 10.2, and it\'s a big one in terms of new features and additions. To see what both this driver and March\'s Catalyst 10.3 release have in store for ATI graphics board owners, check out our analysis of the features they\'ll be bringing to the table.

ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver Preview - Application Profiles | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 5:10

ATI will be releasing 10.2 Catalyst video drivers later today and this driver unlocks many new features that AMD has been working on for some time. Read on to see how ATI Catalyst 10.2 and even next months 10.3 drivers do when we fully test them. Read on to see what the new ATI CrossFireX profiles, Ultra Low Power States and other new features are all about.

Quick Look: MSI’s GeForce 210 | Posted on: 17/02/2010 @ 0:40

Today we're looking at MSI's N210-MD512H, based on the last 40nm GeForce 200-series part we have yet to see: the G210....

PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD 5870 graphics card review | Posted on: 16/02/2010 @ 15:50

PowerColor pimps Radeon HD 5870 with PCS+ cooler. We let you know if it's worth the bucks.

HIS Radeon HD 5750 IceQ+ 1GB Video Card | Posted on: 16/02/2010 @ 3:40

Radeon KMS Gets Faster X-Video Support | Posted on: 16/02/2010 @ 0:10

If using the latest ATI open-source driver Git code for kernel mode-setting, there may be slightly better X-Video support without any visual slowdowns/problems. Pauli Nieminen has changed around the code so that a video buffer is allocated in the GTT (Graphics Translation Table) to provide faster memory operations that haven't been accelerated by KMS. The patch that provides the performance ...

NVIDIA Has Gallium3D Support In Fedora 13 | Posted on: 14/02/2010 @ 8:40

While it's exciting to have kernel mode-setting, RandR, and EXA / X-Video acceleration for NVIDIA hardware in an open-source driver that is reliable since the mainlining of its DRM code and its adoption in Ubuntu 10.04 and other distributions, Fedora has already employed Nouveau support to various extents in their recent releases. Fedora started out by shipping the Nouveau DDX driver, then ...

HIS a pregatit Radeon HD 5570 Fan | Posted on: 13/02/2010 @ 22:20

Fără să se complice prea mult, cei de la HIS au decis să ofere pentru început un singur model de placă grafică Radeon HD 5570 ce ţinteşte din câte se pare zona sistemelor de mici dimensiuni şi a HTPC-urilor.

Sapphire Radeon HD5670 1GB Graphics Card | Posted on: 13/02/2010 @ 15:00

Sapphire's Radeon HD5670 offers a budget friendly introduction to some of the new features first made available on the higher end HD5000 series of cards. While it doesn't do anything to really "wow" you, it does provide a compact, low noise solution that would let you experience things like DirectX 11 and Eyefinity in a more modestly priced desktop or HTPC system.

The Final Word on the Best Radeon HTPC Card | Posted on: 12/02/2010 @ 19:40

Since we published our reviews of the Radeon HD 5450 and the Radeon HD 5570, we have been going back and forth with AMD over the results of our video quality tests using the Cheese Slices test. Our initial results showed that neither the 5570 nor the 5450 had enough compute power to handle the full suite of post-processing abilities on 1080i video, the most...

PowerColor Radeon HD 5870 1GB PCS+ OC Video Card | Posted on: 12/02/2010 @ 13:50

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1 GB | Posted on: 12/02/2010 @ 10:40

Sapphire's new HD 5570 is set out to deliver decent gaming performance for casual gaming and also best-in-class media playback capabilities. Thanks to its compact design and the included low-profile bracket it seems to be able to achieve that.

PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 5770 PCS+ Review | Posted on: 12/02/2010 @ 8:10

The Radeon HD 5770 is a surprisingly capable GPU that costs a wallet friendly £120 - PowerColor's PCS+ looks to build on it thanks to an overclock, a copy of Dirt 2 and a custom cooler.

ATI Radeon HD5570 DX11 Video Card Review | Posted on: 11/02/2010 @ 6:30

With this latest release, ATI is doubling back to fill some gaps in its wildly successful Radeon HD5xxx series of video cards. The previous release, the HD5450, was the logical terminus of their GPU bisecting act. In fact, they got a little carried away, and lopped off almost all the Stream Processors, in order to reduce the power requirements down to the lowest possible level. This time, the ...

PowerColor PCS+ 5670 512MB | Posted on: 11/02/2010 @ 3:47

The PowerColor PCS+ 5670 512MB is a mainstream gaming card that looks to offer some respectable gaming performance at a great price. Clearly geared to consumers who occasionally do some light gaming, and particularly at 1280 resolution, the PCS+ 5670 is a small card that is designed to be frugal in terms of power consumption, and to run cool and quiet, offering a good upgrade option for people on ...

HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card Video Review | Posted on: 10/02/2010 @ 22:10

Today we are looking at the HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card. It is a passively cooled card which uses little to no power and is aimed mainly at the HTPC market. It supports the latest DirectX 11 technology as well as having support for ATI Eyefinity and ATI Stream technology. Discuss in forums Product Page Supplied by [...]

NVIDIA's Optimus: Will It Come To Linux? | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 22:50

Last week we reported on GPU switching and then delayed GPU switching coming to Linux via some Linux kernel hacks, but today NVIDIA has launched a new technology for dual-GPU notebooks and that is "Optimus Technology." NVIDIA's Optimus is similar to the hybrid-switching technologies that have been available on notebooks up to this point for switching between ATI/AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs on ...

Sapphire HD 5750 Vapor-X | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 20:00

Gamers on a budget can have hard time on finding good value for their money. This time we'll check out if Sapphire's HD5750 offers enough "bang for the buck".

NVIDIA Optimus - Truly Seamless Switchable Graphics and ASUS UL50Vf | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 14:10

NVIDIA's new Optimus technology is set to change the way we interact with our laptops. The information has been under tight wraps for the past couple of months, but today NVIDIA is ready to reveal all, and what's more you can even go out and buy an Optimus laptop right now—like the ASUS UL50Vf we're reviewing. Find out why your next laptop should include...

NVIDIA Optimus Aims To Improve Battery Life on Notebooks | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 14:10

With NVIDIA's just announced Optimus technology, notebook users can now experience the full performance benefits of a discrete GPU with the battery life of an integrated graphics solution. NVIDIA Optimus automatically, instantaneously, and seamlessly optimizes the notebook to offer the best performance or best battery life depending on the application.

NVIDIA Optimus technology: mobile GPU implementation done right? | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 14:00

We take an in-depth look at NVIDIA's Optimus technology, destined to be made available on 50 laptops in summer 2010.

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5570 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 13:57

Article Url: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/sapphire_hd5570_videocard_review/ Article PIC: http://www.tweaknews.net/reviews/sapphire_hd5570_videocard_review/img/email.jpg Article Snippet: \"The Sapphire HD5570 has to be taken in context to truly see how and where this product fits in ATI\'s current lineup of DirectX 11 videocards. The HD5570 is targeted towards the user that wants a ...

HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB Graphics Card Unboxing Video | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 12:20

Today we are unboxing the HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB graphics card. This graphics card is aimed mostly at HTPC users with a passive cooling solution and the ability for Eyefinity with its VGA, DVI and Display Port connections. By offering a lot for the money, it’s going to be a big hit all around. The graphics [...]

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 8:38

Another week marks the launch of yet another DirectX 11 GPU from AMD - After last week\'s low-end Radeon HD 5450, today we see the introduction of another \"Redwood\" GPU core derived board which looks to sit in-between that part and the Radeon HD 5670. Named the Radeon HD 5570, today\'s new offering promises a compelling level of performance at an extremely low price, but can it deliver on that ...

Radeon HD 5450 Review: HTPC Heaven? | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 8:20

A £40 graphics card? Surely that's as useful as a chocolate teapot? We take a look at AMD's latest and cheapest Radeon from the HD 5000 series, the HD5450, see how it stacks up against integrated graphics and find out in what situations it might be a great buy.

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 6:40

It has only been five days since ATI released the ATI Radeon HD 5450 video card, but they are back at it today with the announcement of the Radeon HD 5570 video card. This card was designed to be an energy efficient, low-profile DirectX 11 card for small form factor PCs. It also happens to pack a pretty mean punch as it has a Compute Performance rating of 520 GFlops for a price tag of just $79.

Sapphire Radeon HD5570 1GB DDR3 | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 5:51

The Sapphire Radeon 5570 is a low-power budget graphics card, marketed in the $80 range to consumers who are interested in some light gaming, and indeed the card is more capable than the lowly 5450 in terms of gaming performance. At this price range, the Nvidia GeForce GT 240 is the 5570\'s closest competitor. Question is: Can the 5570 continue with ATI\'s winning ways, or can the humble Nvidia ...

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB graphics card: the jigsaw is now complete | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 5:20

Filling in the gap left by the last two launches, £60 will buy you a Radeon HD 5570 1,024MB card. We find out how good it is.

AMD’s Radeon HD 5570: Low Profile, Higher Performance | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 5:10

With the bulk of the 5000 series launched, AMD is now launching products to fill in the gaps in their product line. Today we look at one of those cards, the Redwood based 5570, and why it's one of fastest low profile cards on the market...

Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB GDDR3 Video Card | Posted on: 09/02/2010 @ 5:10

6 days left to win a XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB Graphics Card with eTeknix.com and XFX | Posted on: 08/02/2010 @ 11:30

This is your chance to win a XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB graphics card with eTeknix.com and XFX. There is just 6 days left to enter this competition! eTeknix.com and XFX have teamed up to offer you the chance to win a XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB graphics card. The review of this graphics card can [...]

EVGA Geforce GTX275 CO-OP PhysX Edition Review | Posted on: 08/02/2010 @ 5:01

NVIDIA and ATI dominate the market for gaming-oriented video cards. But neither company sells video cards directly to the consumer; rather, they produce \"reference designs\" that are manufactured by a number of \"partners\". Most partners simply produce the reference design and slap an identifying sticker on the card\'s cooler; although some might replace the reference design cooler with a ...

Jerome's Radeon KMS Short-Term TODO List | Posted on: 07/02/2010 @ 14:50

After the earlier X talks today and then Luc's debated Linux graphics driver stack proposal (largely between he and Eric Anholt and Daniel Stone with conflicting views, but at least Intel admitting "there's a subset of users we care about and a subset we don't"), Jerome Glisse began talking about ATI Radeon kernel mode-setting and its current state. While most that read Phoronix regularly know ...

MSI Radeon HD 5770 Hawk | Posted on: 05/02/2010 @ 10:40

MSI's new HD 5770 Hawk is designed to deliver extra features to overclockers. Its TwinFrozr dual fan offers plenty of cooling power to keep the card cool during overclocking, yet runs extremely quiet. As added bonus for tweakers, MSI has included easy to use V-Check voltage measurement points on their PCB and an overclock out of the box.

MSI Radeon HD 5770 HAWK 1GB Video Card | Posted on: 05/02/2010 @ 9:10

ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB GDDR3 Video Card in CrossFire | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 11:30

HIS Radeon HD 5750 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 8:50

HIS has done a great job of releasing a feature-filled HD5750 option for the mild gaming consumer to consider. With excellent cooling and an included free DX11 game, this HD5750 for US$155 can be summed up against other HD5750s as being one of the best options available.

Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 512MB | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 5:56

The Sapphire Radeon 5450 is a very small, low-power, silent, budget graphics card, marketed in the sub-$50 range to consumers who may be interested in something for their HTPC or the occasional foray into some light gaming. It\'s the baby of the 5000 series Radeon cards, and offers some great value for those people with a minimal budget.

ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB DDR3 Video Card Review | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 5:50

AMD today announced the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics card, which brings full DirectX 11 performance down to the $49 price point. This card also supports ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology and HDMI 1.3a with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bitstreaming support! Read on to see how it performs!

AMD’s Radeon HD 5450: The Next Step In HTPC Video Cards | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 5:20

Cedar, AMD's final Evergreen chip, launches today with the Radeon HD 4500. What does bringing Evergreen, audio bitstreaming, and DX11 do for the low-end of the market? We find out...

Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 512MB GDDR3 Video Card | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 5:10

AMD Radeon HD 5450 graphics-card review. £40 of value? | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 5:10

Bringing Radeon 5000-series goodness down to £40, we examine if the GPU is a good buy.

NVIDIA Publishes 195.xx Linux Driver Beta | Posted on: 04/02/2010 @ 2:10

NVIDIA has been at work on the 195.xx driver series for some months already and has delivered beta releases to the public that offer VDPAU improvements and new features along with faster X Render performance. This evening they have published a new beta driver for the public, this time it's 195.36.03. The NVIDIA 195.36.03 driver for Linux (and FreeBSD and OpenSolaris) fixes a system hang for ...

Today, Delayed GPU Switching Comes To Linux | Posted on: 03/02/2010 @ 15:10

Two days ago we reported on hybrid graphics coming to Linux in a crude form that allowed switching between graphics processors on notebook computers that utilize dual graphics processors, one that's meant to deliver the best energy efficient performance while the other GPU is for maximizing the graphics performance in demanding environments. Just 24 hours after this kernel patch hit the Internet ...

A Nouveau 3D Driver That Works For Old NVIDIA Hardware | Posted on: 03/02/2010 @ 1:50

While there is now DRM support in the Linux 2.6.33 kernel for the Nouveau driver that carries the bits for kernel mode-setting, 2D (EXA) acceleration, and other fundamental functions on NVIDIA graphics processors, the Gallium3D driver still is incomplete. Prior to focusing solely on Gallium3D for their OpenGL acceleration, the Nouveau project was working on a DRI driver for classic Mesa, but that ...

Fermi GF100 gets a name – GTX 480 and GTX 470 | Posted on: 02/02/2010 @ 21:30

If’s official, after speculations on whether Nvidia were actually still alive or whether they just employed someone to spout rumours all over the interweb. They have given us what they like to call a fun fact of the week. This week’s fun fact is that the names of the first two graphics cards based on the [...]

ECS GeForce GT 240 512MB GDDR5 HDMI Video Card Review | Posted on: 02/02/2010 @ 14:40

ECS has the solution for HTPC users and gamers on a budget with their take on the GeForce GT 240. By combining the affordable GeForce GT 240 with the an impressive heat sink from Arctic Cooling you have a low cost and high performing combo. Read on to see if this is the solution for your new machine.

MSI Radeon HD 5670 1GB Video Card in CrossFire | Posted on: 02/02/2010 @ 14:20

GF100 Cards Finally Named? GTX 480 & GTX 470 | Posted on: 02/02/2010 @ 6:40

With a skeptical eye towards Twitter, a post was made on the NVIDIAGeForce account 4 hours ago announcing the names of the first two GF100 cards. As we’re largely sure this is a legitimate NVIDIA account we’re going to go ahead and post this information, but please keep in mind that we have not yet been able to confirm that this is indeed an...

Powercolor introduces the new PCS+ RADEON HD 5670 | Posted on: 01/02/2010 @ 17:10

PowerColor just added up a new card to its factory overclock PCS+ queue which is bound to hit the market in February. The PCS+ RADEON HD 5670 comes with a custom Arctic Cooling dual-slot cooler having a 92mm fan which leads to a low-noise working environment measured under 30dBA at full load. Compared to the PowerColor HD [...]

XFX Radeon HD5850 Black Edition 1GB Graphics Card Video Review | Posted on: 01/02/2010 @ 12:50

The XFX Radeon HD5850 Black Edition 1GB graphics card is part of ATI’s new DirectX 11 range of cards, featuring the latest stream technology, ATI Eyefinity and giving fantastic results whilst maintaining a low power output with only one PCI-Express power connector. Being a black edition card, it is a limited edition card with XFX [...]

ATI Radeon KMS Leaves Staging Area In 2.6.33 | Posted on: 01/02/2010 @ 3:00

David Airlie has called upon Linus to pull in a new set of DRM patches for the Linux 2.6.33 kernel, which should land with the Linux 2.6.33-rc7 release. These graphics patches for the Linux kernel bring a few fixes for TTM, Radeon DisplayPort tweaks, r600 blit mutex, and support for the VMware graphics driver with older versions of the VMware Workstation...