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foreign-sapphire
AMDGPU Driver
I just got a new computer (built it myself, was very fun), and I've seen a lot of people come in with problems with the amdgpu driver. I tried to get ahead of this by downloading another driver, but I can't find how to do this online in a clear, concise way. Is there a resource you can point me to?
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foreign-sapphireOP•2y ago
🙏 :Pandayay:
amdvlk wasn't installed, and all of the suggested packages were installed from the github page
i think i did get this far, but i am confused as to why it still lists my drivers as amdgpu?
continuing-cyan•2y ago
amdgpu is the better driver package. are you trying to not use it?
foreign-sapphireOP•2y ago
no, i was under the impression it wasn't the better option
so, it seems like i'm good! thanks for making sure with me :]
metropolitan-bronze•2y ago
Just for some clarification here
amdgpu is the kernel driver
You'll want to use it. The old one that newer cards don't support anymore is called Radeon and it doesn't support vulkan also
If someone mentions amdgpu in the context of a user space driver they likely mean amdgpu-pro which is amd's proprietary driver
It has a Vulkan version and is just a different driver versus amdvlk which is their open source driver and radv which is the mesa driver. amd doesn't contribute to the latter so can be considered a community driver
radv is usually recommended for gaming but a few use amdvlk. Not alot use pro i believe and it's mostly for business i think tho not sure
They will all use amdgpu in the kernel
The tons of names in amd driver land can get a bit confusing
foreign-sapphireOP•2y ago
i saw a lot of this while trying to do research
thank you for being clear!
metropolitan-bronze•2y ago
Maybe some will refer to amdvlk as amdgpu. Not sure
amdvlk is pretty close to their Windows Vulkan driver in alot of ways afaik
Tho note that from the perspective of dxvk and vkd3d-proton amdvlk and amdgpu-pro aren't considered first party supported drivers
stormy-gold•2y ago
in the majority of cases you want amdgpu + radv/mesa
the neat thing about linux, you can actually have both radv and amdvlk or amdgpu-pro and select which driver to use per app