Boosting Your ATI Graphics Performance
| Date: | 2012-10-06 20:31 |
|---|---|
| category: | Linux |
| slug: | boosting-your-ati-graphics-performance |
| tags: | ati, elementary OS, linux, radeon, ubuntu |
If you have an ATI graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 3000 series or newer) and using the open source driver you can get better performance by enabling PCI-E Gen2 option. To enable this on Ubuntu 12.04, you must pass this boot parameter:
radeon.pcie_gen2=1
Here are the detailed steps:
- Run the following command in a terminal (use your favorite text editor):
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
- Change the line that says:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
To
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.pcie_gen2=1"
- Save the file and run the following command:
sudo update-grub
- Reboot and enjoy the butter smooth performance.
I'm getting really great result while testing Elementary OS luna. Everything is so smooth and nice, Good job elementary team :)
