ATI Catalyst driver 12.8 is not using hardware acceleration on Precise
- by Jack Wright
I've been using Ubuntu and ATI Catalyst for years.
On my clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 I've noticed that Catalyst 12.6 and then 12.8 are not actually using my HD5750 GPU for hardware acceleration - high CPU usage, zero GPU load.
Everything installed correctly with no hassles, fglrxinfo and vainfo are correct as per this HowTo for Precise.
I…