AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare

Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare by margalabargala on Sunday July 02, 2023 @03:28PM (#36564796)

> Also dealing with AMD GPU drivers is just as difficult.

This was true ten years ago, and remains true only for hardware dating back to that time period. My old HD7850 is a royal pain to get running properly on a modern distro.

For any remotely recent GPU that's supported by what's built into the linux kernel, it's pretty much seamless. There are no specific driver updates to deal with, which model of card does not matter, etc. It's all just built into the kernel.

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Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare by yoshamano on Sunday July 02, 2023 @03:35PM (#36564847)

This has been my experience with my Radeon RX 6750 XT and Manjaro. I didn't have to do anything and it just works. I use Steam/Proton to game and that just works as well.

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Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare by boomboomsubban on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:30PM (#36565973)

The 7850 was from the transition period where the radeon development was ending but it also didn't get immediate amdgpu support.

An earlier card will use radeon and be easy to setup, a later one will use amdgpu and be easy to set up. That generation takes a bit of work.

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Re:AMD CPU Use Among Linux Gamers Approaching 70% Marketshare by account42 on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @08:40AM (#36585878)

HD7850 is a SI family card so should be supported by radeonsi, no? Where is the difficulty in getting it running? Do you mean Vulkan support for DXVK?

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