RDNA2

The road to 16-bit floats GPU is paved with our blood

This entry was posted in Graphics Linux Ogre and tagged float16_t half floating point power saving RDNA2 Vega VK_KHR_16bit_storage VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8 on by

Ok that was a flashy clickbait-y title! What? You didn’t like it? I’m proud of that one! So I recently tried to implement 16-bit floats into our shaders. I knew it was untested. What I was not prepared is… how untested everything is! We use macros like #define midf min16float. […]

Radeon RX 6800 XT and Linux

This entry was posted in Graphics Linux and tagged AMD Crushed blacks Full RGB High idle power consumption High idle temps Linux monitor Radeon 6800 Radeon 6900 RDNA2 setup Ubuntu won't boot Wrong colors on by

So I got Radeon 6800 XT working on Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS but it wasn’t hassle free, given the card is too new To get it working, you’ll need the following: Mainline kernel 5.11+ or newer (5.13+ recommended) Newer firmware Kisak PPA Optionally 5.13 patch for Full RGB option (discussion) Update: […]