This issue still persists in the stable Minecraft 1.8 release.
On my system (with a AMD HD7950):
16 chunks render distance: http://i.imgur.com/oEfi1qj.png (works fine)20 chunks: http://i.imgur.com/wEUYdx1.png (glitches start appearing in the distance)25 chunks: http://i.imgur.com/U0SBtgl.png (glitches surround me view, constantly flickering different geometry when I move my view around)
This issue still persists in the stable Minecraft 1.8 release.
On my system (with a AMD HD7950):
16 chunks render distance: http://i.imgur.com/oEfi1qj.png (works fine)
20 chunks: http://i.imgur.com/wEUYdx1.png (glitches start appearing in the distance)
25 chunks: http://i.imgur.com/U0SBtgl.png (glitches surround me view, constantly flickering different geometry when I move my view around)