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On Tue, Jun 11, 2019, at 10:56, Emmanuel Vasilakis wrote: |
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> Hi! |
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> So, assuming I would get an RX550/560 card, how well do the amdgpu |
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> drivers (open source) work? Are they ok for steam games? Do they provide |
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> KMS (switching to a Ctrl+Alt+F1 is always garbled now). ? Are they |
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> completely tear free? |
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They work pretty well for me. I have an RX 570 (and a Ryzen 5 1600), works great for the most part but in all honesty it did take me a while to find a stable kernel. I'm not sure if that's due to the CPU or the GPU, or just me not knowing what I'm doing. |
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All I play is CS:GO, which runs very well. I've played a bit of Rust too, which also works well. |
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> Plus, my current GT730 is passively cooled. Are there any RX cards that |
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> at least spin down the fans when I'm working on desktop (no |
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> plasma/gnome, simple Openbox with no heavy gpu requirements). I really |
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> like silence! :-) |
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I can't hear mine at all right now. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Alec |
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