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I have a 3DClub Radeon 7790 1GB and plan to use 16.04. What driver do i need for my GPU? In some places i found that my card is supported in the amdgpu driver. Is that true? If so - how to install it?

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  • Here's a FAQ on this subject that I've been working on. Might contain some useful information to you. http://askubuntu.com/questions/796067/state-of-amd-drivers-in-16-04 – You'reAGitForNotUsingGit Aug 09 '16 at 11:57
  • Thanks for the info. I knew some stuff already. I cant still find out is the 7790 supported. I saw several threads that say it is and some incl. the `amdgpu-pro` page that says its not. Edit: in general i care only for the `amdgpu`. Pro version or not. I know that radeon driver is far from ready. – fixxxera Aug 09 '16 at 12:04

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Yes your card should support AMDGPU, see here

The installation steps from AMD are

mkdir /tmp
cd tmp
wget https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407.tar.xz
​tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407.tar.xz
cd amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-315407
amdgpu-pro-driver/amdgpu-pro-install

Ensure that your user account is a member of the "video" group prior to using the vulkan driver. You can find which groups you are a member of with the following command:

groups

If not add yourself

sudo usermod -a -G video $LOGNAME

That should be it, to check it installed

dpkg -l amdgpu-pro

To remove it

amdgpu-pro-uninstall
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  • Thanks for the detailed answer. I will try this after work and will let you know how it went. EDIT: I saw that thread before i posted mine. This list is for Radeon Driver, not `amdgpu`... – fixxxera Aug 09 '16 at 12:09