Does the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT support open source drivers?

[SuperSapien64]

I want to get a AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT. And I believe it supports open source drivers am I correct?

[claydoh]

Yes it should work just fine .

[SuperSapien64]

Yes it should work just fine .

I just discovered this: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/re...ed-linux-20-50

[claydoh]

I hope you have a good line on one, those prices are still ridiculous. 😲

[claydoh]

I just discovered this: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/re...ed-linux-20-50

These nonfree drivers are not needed. They are mostly for professional workstation situations. AMD actually bases this on the open source driver, and unlike Nvidia they support and contribute to the open drivers.

[SuperSapien64]

These nonfree drivers are not needed. They are mostly for professional workstation situations. AMD actually bases this on the open source driver, and unlike Nvidia they support and contribute to the open drivers.

Alright I guess I have nothing to worry about then.


And I have my stimulus money so hopefully that will be enough to pay for most if not all of my new desktop cost.

[brianinnes]

These nonfree drivers are not needed. They are mostly for professional workstation situations. AMD actually bases this on the open source driver, and unlike Nvidia they support and contribute to the open drivers.

I had major issues with system stability, using the AMD Reon nonfree drivers, on linux, using my RX580 GPU. I had to use the non free drivers to get OpenCL (OpenComputeLanguage) acceleration working for the likes of Darktable and other software which uses the GPU for offloading processing.

In the end I went back to Nvidia, and zero issues since then!

[claydoh]

I had major issues with system stability, using the AMD Reon nonfree drivers, on linux, using my RX580 GPU. I had to use the non free drivers to get OpenCL (OpenComputeLanguage) acceleration working for the likes of Darktable and other software which uses the GPU for offloading processing.

In the end I went back to Nvidia, and zero issues since then!

A very specific situation most people won't come across.

97% of people will be fine using the stock open drivers for tasks such as gaming, video editing/transcoding and the like.

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