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    AMD Radeon 530

    I have a Dell Inspiron 5570 with a dedicated GPU AMD Radeon 530. I am running ubuntu mate 18.04.

    inxi -G returns the following:

    Code:
    Graphics: Card-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620
    Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 / M440/M445]
    Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.1 )
    drivers: modesetting,ati,amdgpu (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
    Resolution: 1920x1080@60.05hz
    OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
    version: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8

    I am not sure I have the correct driver for the amd GPU. When I choose to use the specific gpu I get worst results compared to the intel one. I run glmark2 and I got:

    DRI_PRIME=0 glmark2 --fullscreen
    glmark2 2014.03+git20150611.fa71af2d
    OpenGL Information
    GL_VENDOR: Intel Open Source Technology Center
    GL_RENDERER: Mesa DRI Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2)
    GL_VERSION: 3.0 Mesa 18.2.8
    [build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 759 FrameTime: 1.318 ms
    glmark2 Score: **759**

    DRI_PRIME=1 glmark2 --fullscreen
    glmark2 2014.03+git20150611.fa71af2d
    OpenGL Information
    GL_VENDOR: X.Org
    GL_RENDERER: AMD ICELAND (DRM 3.26.0, 4.18.0-20-generic, LLVM 7.0.0)
    GL_VERSION: 4.4 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 18.2.8
    [build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 138 FrameTime: 7.246 ms
    [build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 142 FrameTime: 7.042 ms
    glmark2 Score: **140**


    I would appreciate any suggestions on installing the correct driver for amd.
    Thank you and excuse my long post.

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    Re: AMD Radeon 530

    I would appreciate any suggestions on installing the correct driver for amd.
    The correct driver is already installed. Try a more modern benchmark like unigine valley. glmark2 can be misleading since it is only using OpenGL ES 2.0.

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    Re: AMD Radeon 530

    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos_Kyriazis View Post
    I would appreciate any suggestions on installing the correct driver for amd.
    Hi Nikos. I can't really say why glmark2 is showing a lower score for your dedicated graphics card; I'm not at all familiar with benchmark software. However, when installing Ubuntu on my machine, which has an AMD APU, I did some research on what drivers, if any, would have to be installed after the main installation. I found this page, discussing the AMDGPU driver, which is the driver that AMD will develop going forward. Your 530 uses the Polaris chipset, so it is supported by amdgpu. Since flgrx is deprecated, and the radeon driver is for cards older than those supported by amdgpu, amdgpu is the correct driver for your graphics card.

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    Re: AMD Radeon 530

    Thank you for your replies.
    I understand I may already have the correct answer on my laptop but its performance using the amd gpu is worse than using the intel one.
    I followed the instruction in this page and I now have newer drivers in both intel and amd, with intel still outperforming amd.

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