Installing & Testing AMDGPU-Pro Drivers | Rx 460 on Ubuntu 16.04
0Installing and testing out the AMDGPU-Pro drivers for my new ASUS ROG Strix RX460.
Things started out pretty bad when Mesa & the normal AMDGPU driver was unable to identify the new GPU. It almost seemed like the GPU was DOA.
One thing I don't understand is why the AMDGPU-Pro drivers require users to go to the AMD website, download it, and install it by hand. Why on earth isn't it at least a deb file? It really should be in the semi-official graphics drivers PPA. For example, I couldn't ask a non-technical user to install these drivers.
Amazingly enough, the GPU pulled through and I was able to get the display drivers installed. I did notice that the Catalyst/Crimson control center was missing. Hopefully, AMD will fork the Windows version and make some sort of GUI tool available for Linux.
I tested a few games. Rust & Ballistic Overkill are native Linux games, Skyrim is a Windows game via Wine, and Paladins is a Windows game via VMware.
Overall I am somewhat disappointed with the performance:
Rust showed a fair amount of stuttering that you can see in the video. Stuttering like that will get you killed in a firefight.
The performance on Skyrim was quite low. Watching back the video, I'd say I averaged about 20 frames per second, which is totally unacceptable.
Paladins were surprisingly OK despite the graphical glitches, however, I would have liked to see better performance.
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