I can not recommend AMD drivers, at least for Ubuntu 17.04 despite I achieved install it (I lost a lot of time).
The main problem with the AMD drivers are the supported kernels versions only 4.8 and 4.10 (not 4.9) [1]. Regards [1] https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/amd-linux/969701-amdgpu-pro-17-30-released-with-vega-support-ubuntu-16-04-3-lts-compatibility?p=969771#post969771 2017-08-31 10:05 GMT+02:00 Michael Below <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > the original poster is on Debian testing, that's not supported by AMD. The > Debian nVidia packages should work fine. For me, this has been enough to > choose nVidia, I'm using Debian testing with a 750Ti, and it just keeps > working through a lot of updates. Of course switching to distribution > supported by AMD (like Ubuntu 16.04) is also an option. In that case, > distribution updates (eg. to Ubuntu 17.04) may be a problem. > > Cheers > Michael > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Peter Mc Donough [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 31. August 2017 09:15 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [darktable-user] OpenCL: 1050ti or RX560? > > Am 31.08.2017 um 00:07 schrieb Brune Wayce: > > > ... > > My budget is little, I have to stay within 150euros: I'm orientated to > > the AMD RX560 (4GB) or to the Nvidia GTX 1050ti. > > If I look at the various general or "gaming" benchmarks, I find that > > the 1050ti is faster than the RX560. But if I look here ( > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=darktable-opencl-gp > > u&num=3) I see that the RX460 (and I assume also the RX560) is faster > > than the 1050ti. ... > > You need OpenCL, i.e. at present a proprietary graphics card driver. I > moved from openSuse to Ubuntu because of the AMD driver. Fedora should also > be possible. > > I use Darktable 2.2.5 with the AMD RX 460, running with Xubuntu 16.04.03. > > The card should be about 120 Euro, pay attention to the type of RAM on the > card. > > Propriatary driver: > https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO- > Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx > > The AMD opensouce driver with any distro is well supported and should be > sufficient for most of the work. > > cu > Peter > ____________________________________________________________ > ________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscribe@ > lists.darktable.org > > > ____________________________________________________________ > ________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscribe@ > lists.darktable.org > > -- Enviado desde mi tabla de planchar ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
