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Originally posted by mphuZ View PostIs there a difference between AMD GPU-Pro and Windows Vulkan driver?
Originally posted by mphuZ View PostWhat shader compiler is currently used in Windows?
Originally posted by mphuZ View PostWindows Vulkan driver will also have LLVM?
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Originally posted by agd5f View PostThe only difference between the AMDVLK driver and the AMDVLK-Pro driver is the shader compiler.
Originally posted by agd5f View PostAMDVLK uses LLVM and AMDVLK-Pro uses our older internal shader compiler.
Originally posted by agd5f View PostOnce that happens AMDVLK and AMDVLK-Pro will be the same.
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Originally posted by skeevy420 View PostAMDGPU-Pro is AMD's proprietary driver and is only supported on a very minimal of Linux operating systems. Ubuntu, SUSE, Cent, & Red Hat. It includes a version of AMDVLK that the community tends to refer to as AMDVLK-Pro and it's possible to install AMDVLK-Pro pretty much anywhere. I recommend referencing the Arch AUR amdvlk-pro packages for how (because I don't remember the steps off the top of my head).
This is useful if you want to use AMDVLK-Pro for specific games like iD Tech games with which AMDVLK-Pro is the most performant driver.
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The only difference between the AMDVLK driver and the AMDVLK-Pro driver is the shader compiler. AMDVLK uses LLVM and AMDVLK-Pro uses our older internal shader compiler. The rest of the code is the same. The eventual goal is to migrate away from the old internal compiler to LLVM. Once that happens AMDVLK and AMDVLK-Pro will be the same.
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Originally posted by Aisyk View PostAMD have 3 sorts of drivers for his cards... RADV, AMDVLK, and AMDGPU-PRO. I think public needs to be informed on what is implies, not just in term of performances, but compatibility, versions supported (LTS ? Rolling Releases ?)...
I don't see any wiki speaks of theses, or compare different versions (in distributions, compatibility....)
AMDVLK is the Vulkan backed developed by AMD devs directly.
AMDGPU-Pro is AMD's proprietary driver and is only supported on a very minimal of Linux operating systems. Ubuntu, SUSE, Cent, & Red Hat. It includes a version of AMDVLK that the community tends to refer to as AMDVLK-Pro and it's possible to install AMDVLK-Pro pretty much anywhere. I recommend referencing the Arch AUR amdvlk-pro packages for how (because I don't remember the steps off the top of my head).
As far as the version goes, that varies widely by distribution and isn't something to easily document and keep updated. Ones like Arch and Fedora will be running the latest version of what's available as soon as it is ready where as Ubuntu and SUSE users might have to wait quite a while to get what I'm calling the latest version for the previously mentioned Arch and Fedora. On those older distributions it can be beneficial to run the AMDGPU-Pro packages (if possible) since it'll likely be more up to date. That said, some distributions, like Ubuntu with their HWE repos, are taking an initiative to keep the drivers more up to date (I have to reckon because old drivers means gamers will go elsewhere and gamers seem to be a significant portion of Linux desktop users at home).
And all three of the Vulkan backends can be installed at the same time. All you have to do is launch programs with the right environment variable to change it from the default used to whatever else.
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AMD have 3 sorts of drivers for his cards... RADV, AMDVLK, and AMDGPU-PRO. I think public needs to be informed on what is implies, not just in term of performances, but compatibility, versions supported (LTS ? Rolling Releases ?)...
I don't see any wiki speaks of theses, or compare different versions (in distributions, compatibility....)
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AMDVLK 2020.Q3.1 Vulkan Driver Brings More Performance Tuning
Phoronix: AMDVLK 2020.Q3.1 Vulkan Driver Brings More Performance Tuning
AMD has just issued their first new open-source AMDVLK Vulkan driver release in several weeks...
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