Should I use the proprietary drivers? How much fps do I loose if I use the open drivers? I use ChimeraOS (Arch Linux)
No. The open source drivers are better at almost everything. The only reasons to use the propriatary one is if you need some OpenCL improvements of if you are using a Radeon Pro GPU. For normal usage and gaming the open source driver will offer more performance and better compatibility.
I wish Nvidia was the same story
Don’t use proprietary drivers and don’t install amdvlk or whatever it’s called, just use mesa if the Steam install asks you to choose.
The open source drivers for AMD have great performance, they power the Steam Deck and have great compatibility.
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Tangential: do you need proprietary drivers for ROCm?
No, I think I have the library rocm smi lib (or something like that) (on Endeavour/Arch btw) installed and it is used by
btopto display GPU stats. EDIT: The Arch package isextra/rocm-smi-lib
Usually not.
How much fps do I loose if I use the open drivers?
None.
As far as I know, the open source drivers are recommended for AMD - my driver installer in Mint doesn’t even list proprietary drivers.
Do science at it
If only there were an easy way…
I’m serious. Systematically install, test, and take notes on all the drivers (there are like 4 iirc). If I wasn’t taking a crap right now, I could check my config and send it to you, but there is no guarantee it will work for you. Best thing to do is to do science at your own computer.
Sorry, forgot the /s
