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V_Neuromancer_V

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Registered: 2020-12-27

Posts: 1

Install GPU driver - Enable Southern Islands (SI) or Sea Islands (CIK)

Small premise: I apologize in advance for my English. I can understand it, but I can't have a good conversation.

Hello everyone,

Some days ago, i've installed Arch Linux on my pc. I have a big problem. I don't know which driver i must install for my GPU.
My GPU is a Radeon Rx570, based on GCN 4 architecture. I have read the ArchWiki about the AMDGPU, but only two names are mentioned: "Southern Islands" and "Sea Islands".
The name of my GPU series is "Arctic Islands/Polaris", so I went to various sites, looking for answers, but nothing about it.

I suppose that one of these two, can support my GPU. Is CIK the right choise?

lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

26:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] (rev ef)
        Subsystem: Sapphire Technology Limited Radeon RX 570 Pulse 4GB
        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu

Last edited by V_Neuromancer_V (2020-12-27 18:05:04)

yochananmarqos

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Registered: 2020-02-05

Posts: 222

Re: Install GPU driver - Enable Southern Islands (SI) or Sea Islands (CIK)

Kernel driver in use: amdgpu

You already have the right driver installed. The Southern Islands (SI, ie. GCN 1) and Sea Islands (CIK, ie. GCN 2). section is not applicable to you as you have a newer GCN 4 card.