Valve's developer improved Linux graphics support for old AMD GPUs like the HD 7870 XT by enhancing the AMDGPU driver, enabling better performance and Vulkan compatibility.

Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card support by making AMDGPU driver improvements so it could become the default for these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs rather than the legacy Radeon kernel driver. That meant better performance, RADV Vulkan support out-of-the-box, and other benefits. Mo… https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Harvested-GPUs-Linux

Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GC... Origin | Interest | Match