First time posting to this forum, so hopefully I don't do anything wrong!
I am switching towards linux (more specifically Ubuntu Gnome, from Windows 10) and have a few questions on getting me started.
First off, I have an AMD GPU (R9 290) and I have read on multiple drivers. I have seen people talking about the new AMDGPU-PRO driver, however there are more drivers out there, and they are confusing me. My question is, which is the best?
Secondly, also on the topic of AMD, is there a GUI out there to control speeds etc., just like the AMD control center in Windows.
Third question, I need advice on fan control. I have a desktop pc with 2 fans and an H100i, and within windows I had the Corsair LINK software, and my motherboard software (Gigabyte APP Center) and Sapphire software for the GPU, to control the fans and pump. However, when I tried Ubuntu yesterday, the fans were spinning quite fast, I think on a fixed speed. So my question is, is there any software to control the speeds, with a fan curve?
So I need help with basic drivers and fans speeds. If anyone knows any other important utilities, that I need to ease my switch, then I would appreciate you feedback!
Thanks in advance!
I don't think that Wine would work for most utility software. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it has a direct connection to the hardware...
Thats not how that software works.
From winehq
Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.
All those monitoring software do is use windows system calls, which is why they work only on windows.
The only caveat with wine is finding the right version of it that works with the software in question.
- Currently in AMD you have the the AMDGPU driver. That is pre-installed on Linux with the open source MESA extensions that allows you to used the more advanced features. AMDGPU-PRO are similar extension to the main driver but proprietary from AMD. They are both developed in parallel and they are supposed to be complementary but at the moment depending on the distro you have and the kernel you are running one can be better than the other. Everyhting is on active development at the moment and things are chaotic. So depending on that you either choose the MESA or the AMDGPU-PRO extensions.
If you are using ubuntu LTS that has the 4.4 kernel the best bet would be the AMDGPU-PRO
If you have ubuntu 16.10 then the open driver are a better bet. AMDGPU-PRO are only supported for 16.04 and also 16.10 uses the 4.8+ kernel where MESA has comparable performance to the PRO.
Things will change a lot until development matures. Have that in mind.
2.No unfortunately. The only possibility for that would be through the PRO but AMD has been focusing on the hardware support until now so no GUI control center until now. Hopefully they will make it on a future release.
3.Unless the manufacturer or some 3rd party has made a specific tool like the Link you cannot do that. You might want to google that. But i would say the best bet is to do fan control from the BIOS.
A good advice for Linux at the time for peripherals that have unique configuration possibilities and do not have support for linux is to chose models that store the configuration on the hardware. Thus you can make a change on native or VM Win and the configuration will be retained for Linux as well.