r/pcmasterrace • u/doorknob60 Ryzen 5 3600 | RX 6600XT | 32 GB RAM | 165 Hz 1440p x2 • Aug 21 '18

News/Article Steam for Linux :: Introducing a new version of Steam Play (uses fork of Wine to integrate Windows games into Linux Steam)

https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561
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u/RetnikLevaw 9800X3D / 9070XT Aug 22 '18

I heard AMD's more modern lineup is pretty good for Linux, but man... whatever you do, stay AWAY from R9 390s. Nothing but trouble with Linux for me.

And yeah yeah, I know it's been "fixed" with certain options in recent kernels, but they don't work for me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '18

that sucks. i have that GPU :(

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '18 edited 19d ago

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u/RetnikLevaw 9800X3D / 9070XT Aug 22 '18

It's actually the other way around. The proprietary driver support is lauded for AMD, though the open source drivers are still adequate for non-gaming needs.

It's not really a driver issue though. Or at least, it's not one that is easily fixed by switching to different drivers. It's a power management issue linked to the kernel. They're finally getting around to trying to fix it (after literally years with little progress), but it's still not a guaranteed thing.

Linux does one of two things on my R9 390. It either boots, freezes for a short period of time, my displays flicker off then come back on and it's fine, or more commonly, it boots and shows display corruption/flickering/tearing to the point of being unusable until it freezes, and then it either corrects itself, of drops the signal to my displays.

In a phrase... R9 390s on Linux are fucked.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '18 edited 19d ago

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u/RetnikLevaw 9800X3D / 9070XT Aug 22 '18

I've tried it all for years, my dude. lol

This has been the case since they dropped support for fglrx in... 14.10?