Is my GPU currently using ATI or Radeon or AMDGPU driver?

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Is my GPU currently using ATI or Radeon or AMDGPU driver?

Post by Sky90po »

I have RX550 GPU (GV-RX550D5-2GD). I play a lot of video games. Does AMDGPU support 3d acceleration (3D rendering etc) for video games (native and wine)? This card have three mods for clock speeds: OC mode: 1195 MHz, Gaming mode: 1183 MHz and (Reference clock: 1183 MHz) which is at same speed as Gaming mode. Or i need AMDGPU PRO for 3d acceleration (3D rendering etc) and all three mods of clock to work? I tried this GPU on Win 7 and i was happy with performance on it even if Win7 max Directx is 11-ish. :)

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inxi -Gx
gave me next:
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Device 699f bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: ati (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon,amdgpu)
Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
GLX Renderer: Radeon RX 550 Series (AMD POLARIS12 / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic, LLVM 5.0.0)
GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 17.2.8 Direct Rendering: Yes
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sudo lshw -c video | grep 'configuration'
give me next:
configuration: driver=amdgpu latency=0
From my noob view i can see that Dierect Render is Enabled, which mean DRM works, which mean 3D rendering works (video games acceleration) etc... Is answer to subject "ati (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon,amdgpu)" from coomand

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inxi -Gx
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Re: Is my GPU currently using ATI or Radeon or AMDGPU driver?

Post by Hoser Rob »

From these 2 lists ...

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AMDGPU-Driver

https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articl ... Notes.aspx

... you can see that your card is supported for the AMDGPU but not AMDGPU-PRO.

I don't know how to enable the clocl feature you mention or even if it's possible. You cannot assume you'll get all the same features in Linux as in WIndows. And on a related note, you're not going to get a higher directx level in Linux.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
Sky90po

Re: Is my GPU currently using ATI or Radeon or AMDGPU driver?

Post by Sky90po »

I already read all related sites for my question. I know i can get PRO driver to work or if not AMDGPU open driver. And yes it seems to RX550 had some problems with AMDGPU driver
it has been reported that the Radeon RX 550 graphics card does not work with the AMDGPU driver pre-installed in Ubuntu. To solve the problem you can install the AMDGPU-Pro driver: (available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS only). " https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AMDGPU-Driver
But i want to stick with open source drivers as much as can. Anyone who wants to contribute and know how drivers works, please stick to topic and thanks. :)
Btw, this is related link for this card chip (RX550) among others from list: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articl ... Notes.aspx
AMD Product Family Compatibility ​
Radeon™ RX Vega Series Graphics AMD Radeon™ Pro WX-series
Radeon™ Vega Frontier Edition AMD FirePro™ W9100
Radeon™ RX 550/560/570/580 Series Graphics AMD FirePro™ W8100
AMD Radeon™ RX 460/470/480 Graphics AMD FirePro™ W7100
AMD Radeon™ Pro Duo AMD FirePro™ W5100
AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury/Fury X/Nano Graphics AMD FirePro™ W4300
AMD Radeon™ R9 380/380X/390/390X Graphics AMD FirePro™ W4100
AMD Radeon™ R9 285/290/290X Graphics AMD FirePro™ W2100
AMD Radeon™ R7 240/250/250X/260/260X/350 AMD FirePro™ W600
AMD Radeon™ HD7700/7800/8500/8600 AMD FirePro™ S-Series
AMD Radeon™ R9 360 Graphics AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 9100
AMD Radeon™ R5 340
Sky90po

Re: Is my GPU currently using ATI or Radeon or AMDGPU driver?

Post by Sky90po »

So, how to check which driver is in use currently by Mint 18.3 Cinnamon x64? Whats most precise way?

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lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D'
give me next:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 699f (rev c7)
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 22f3
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
So what command can show me accurately which driver is in use? And why my RX550 is called 699f in terminal?
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