Install AMD Drivers for two vcards (4x and 5x)

Cancer · 2013-11-30 14:49:47

Hello archers...
How can i install amd drivers for radeon hd5xxx and hd4xxx?
i have two video cards... and hd4xxx is on legacy... and hd5xxx is on standart...
what can i do?

12eason · 2013-11-30 15:05:37

Only option is to use the open source driver. It's better than catalyst in many ways in any case.

Cancer · 2013-11-30 16:15:47

open source driver give less fps... is not suitable for gaming.

i'm switching from windows multiseat gaming to linux multiseat gaming.
i need to install propetary drivers for amd radeon hd4xxx and hd5xxx
now i have working hd4xxx with catalyst but amd-driver-installer-catalyst-13-4-x86.x86_64.run
say that i already have a previous version of fglrx driver...

Gusar · 2013-11-30 16:33:59

If the open driver is not good enough (though it should be doing quite well nowadays for HD4xxx and HD5xxx, just make sure to activate dpm), then what you want is not possible. Blame AMD for dropping support for HD4xxx so soon.

Cancer · 2013-12-01 00:12:38

what is "dpm" ?

skottish · 2013-12-01 15:54:54

Cancer wrote:

what is "dpm" ?

Dynamic power management. Read the radeon entry in the wiki on how to set it up.

Cancer · 2013-12-06 00:27:33

I'm Still needing help here.
'radeon' (open source drivers) is bugged i get graphic gliches.

How can i install AMD Catalyst Standart and Legacy?
this CAN be done on Windows... Is windows better than linux???

Heeeelp!...

Gusar · 2013-12-06 00:42:57

Cancer wrote:

How can i install AMD Catalyst Standart and Legacy?

You've been told *twice* already that you can't.

Cancer wrote:

this CAN be done on Windows... Is windows better than linux???

That's a very loaded question. "Better" regarding what? When it comes to having multiple graphics stacks at the same time, I suppose it is currently "better". X allows just one OpenGL stack. Nvidia is working on a solution, on a "vendor-neutral GL library" (they need it for proper Optimus support), but who knows when that will be finished. And even when it is finished, I very much doubt Catalyst Legacy will be adapted for it, I don't think AMD cares about it anymore. They'll point you to the open driver, which has become a viable driver nowadays.

About the open driver being "bugged"... Things don't magically fix themselves, driver developers need to know about it. Search the freedesktop bugzilla (bugs.freedekstop.org) if a similar issue has already been reported, and if not, open a bug report containing all the necessary info that would allow the devs to know what's going on and find a fix. And one other thing: Mesa 10 has recently been released, it brings several great improvements. Who knows, the bugs you see might already be fixed in it.

Last edited by Gusar (2013-12-06 00:48:35)

Cancer · 2013-12-06 02:45:23

how can i find this issue?
Using 'radeon' driver i get this:
http://i53.tinypic.com/2rrxchv.png (not my pic)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/ … litch2.jpg (not my pic)

with amd catalyst any game work good 70~80% like windows.

Lone_Wolf · 2013-12-06 14:18:52

does look like it might be texture problems, are those games running native lunux 64-bit, linux 32-bit, steam, wine ?

What OpenGL requirements do they list ?

Have you tried running with the mesa-git drivers from LordHeavy's repo http://pkgbuild.com/~lcarlier/ ?

Note : maybe it's time to switch to a new thread, Cancer. the Applications & Desktop Environments seems more suitable for the way this thread appears to be going.

summary of answer to original post :
nobody knows a way to have both radeon and catalyst running side-by-side , or even 2 different catalyst versions.

Cancer · 2013-12-06 15:10:28

Using 'radeon' open source driver i get this in any game, no matter is native, steam, wine.
With AMD Catalyst i dont get this issue.

skottish · 2013-12-06 16:28:08

Cancer wrote:

Using 'radeon' open source driver i get this in any game, no matter is native, steam, wine.
With AMD Catalyst i dont get this issue.

People are making suggestions here to try and help you, and yet you've said nothing at all on whether you've tried them or not.

12eason · 2013-12-07 13:43:42

Cancer wrote:

this CAN be done on Windows

No it can't. Windows is not capable of running both legacy and current catalyst drivers at the same time. The only way around it is to use an old catalyst version for both, in which case you lose any benefits of the newer drivers.

ewaller · 2013-12-09 18:56:50

This topic has reached the end of the line. It would also seem that the discussion has been taken to the "Other Languages" Forum.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 3#p1357243

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Install AMD Drivers for two vcards (4x and 5x)

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