Based on my earlier series: "Use amdgpu by default on CIK dGPUs" Now that the DC analog connector support and VCE1 support landed, SI dGPUs are at feature parity with the old radeon driver too.
Why? Compared to the old radeon driver, amdgpu offers better performance, more display features through DC, as well as support for Vulkan 1.3 through RADV. What can these GPUs actually do on amdgpu? Tahiti and Pitcairn can play some modern games, albeit at lower resolutions and lower frame rates. They are mainly held back by a low amount of VRAM (2~3 GiB). The other SI "gaming" GPUs are mainly useful for playing games from their era (the mid-2010s) or less demanding games in general. As a reminder, SI dedicated GPUs are the following: Tahiti (2012~2014): Radeon HD 7870 XT, 7950, 7970, 7990, 8950, 8970, 8990 Radeon R9 280 series FirePro W8000, W9000, D500, D700, S9000, S9050, S10000 Radeon Sky 700, 900 Pitcairn (2012~2015): Radeon HD 7850, 7870, 7970M, 8870, 8970M Radeon R9 265, 270/370 series, M290X, M390 FirePro W5000, W7000, D300, R5000, S7000 Cape Verde (2012~2016): Radeon HD 7730, 7750, 7770, 8730, 8760 Radeon R7 250E, 250X, 350, 450 FirePro W600, W4100, M4000, M6000 Oland (2013~2019): Radeon HD 8570, 8670 Radeon R5 240, 250, 330, 340, 350, 430, 520, 610 FirePro W2100 Hainan (2013~2016): various mobile GPUs Timur Kristóf (1): drm/amdgpu: Use amdgpu by default on SI dedicated GPUs drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) -- 2.51.1
