Linux AMDVLK drivers say goodbye to RX 500/Vega series Is Windows next? Gamers using AMD RX Vega and RX 500 series graphics cards are facing uncertainty surrounding AMD’s driver support. In September, these cards were moved from the main branch to a separate package in the Windows driver release. Since then, despite two updates to […]
  • TheRealBurritoJ@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I think the writing is on the wall for the Windows driver. They’re still releasing “new” drivers that list Polaris/Vega, but you just get the older branch if you install them on those cards. They could technically just do that forever, and keep pretending they’re continuing support, but it’s likely that an announcement is imminent on the Windows side too.

  • knownbyfew_yt@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Won’t be surprised if Windows is next. I mean after all Polaris/Vega cards haven’t gotten the last 3 driver updates. Atleast we have Amernime drivers though.

    • riklaunim@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      When you post a link post and it’s not visible on the “new” list in incognito mode it means it was held back by subreddit or reddit moderation rules. In such case you can contact the mods and ask what’s the problem. If it’s a false-positive spam case they approve, if something else then you get an answer, probably :)

    • omniuni@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m pretty sure AMD has contributed to RadV in the past and probably will continue to. The overall move has been from AMDVLK to RadV anyway, so realistically, I don’t think this is going to impact anyone.

      • equeim@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        There was no move in the first place. AMD took so long to open source AMDVLK that RADV was already in a usable state (and used by Linux distros) by then.

  • intel586@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This doesn’t affect 99% of Linux users, as Mesa RADV is the default and typically better choice.

    The question is: is the AMDVLK driver based on the same code as their Vulkan driver for Windows?

  • BFCE@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My 1070 still gets official support, and it’s older than Vega. FineWine lol

    This news won’t affect anybody since nobody uses this driver, but it’ll be a big deal if they discontinue support on windows.

  • Annual-Arugula-6972@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I would like to buy an oxp mini 5800u device because I found it in my locality for good money, but I would like to run linux on it (SteamOS or ChimeraOS) or another alternative that will be the best. My question is whether there will be linux drivers for vega 8 on a device with a 5800, because if linux doesn’t run there optimally enough, then buying this device wouldn’t make much sense for me.
    Does anyone have experience with 5800u and linux drivers now ?

  • iweaker4@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That’s why it’s much better to use Mesa’s RADV, I literally don’t know anyone who uses AMDVLK as their daily driver.

  • mad_mesa@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    To be clear this is the official AMDVLK driver, and not the Valve backed RadV which is what most Linux users run.

    • DrkMaxim@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I was afraid for a second until I read AMDVLK, I own a Vega card and I appreciate whatever updates I get.

    • L33TLSL@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I didn’t know radv, I just followed the arch wiki on amdgpu and it doesn’t seem to mention it. How can I change to it?