AMDGPU or Radeon for my GPU

Question

I have a 3DClub Radeon 7790 1GB and plan to use 16.04. What driver do i need for my GPU? In some places i found that my card is supported in the amdgpu driver. Is that true? If so - how to install it?

Answer 1

Yes your card should support AMDGPU, see here

The installation steps from AMD are

mkdir /tmp
cd tmp
wget https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407.tar.xz
​tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407
amdgpu-pro-driver/amdgpu-pro-install

Ensure that your user account is a member of the "video" group prior to using the vulkan driver. You can find which groups you are a member of with the following command:

groups

If not add yourself

sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME 

That should be it, to check it installed

dpkg -l amdgpu-pro

To remove it

amdgpu-pro-uninstall