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Do I need to install any drivers for AMD GPU (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all, I've been using an RX 580 for about a year now. It's been ok, but I needed an upgrade for a little more FPS. Found this RX 6600~~XT~~ used and snagged it for $100. Are there any packages I'll need to install to make sure I get the best out of it? I know AMD support is baked into the kernel, but I remember having to install some Vulkan driver for my old GPU when I had some gaming issues. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Distro is Endeavour OS with the latest KDE plasma on Wayland.
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You won't need any additional driver, since, as you already said, it is already included in the kernel.

However, as owner of a RX6600, I can tell you that the GPU will be quite loud sometimes. I can recommend you to check out LACT, which let's you define fan curves, which makes it A LOT less noisy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Appreciate it. Is there a gui for LACT? (I worry so much that I'd mess things up when it's a config file). Would you be able to share your configs?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It is GUI (for the most part, you can also modify the yml file).

https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT