amdgpu
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
3warn against
Nov 8, 2025first mention
May 13, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“AMD cards 'just work'”
“Adding amdgpu.gttsize=126976 and ttm.pages_limit=32505856 to the kernel parameters”
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“Amdgpu is an in tree kernel module and has been forever.”
“their open-source amdgpu driver means I just plonk the card into the system”
Caveats and dissent
“The amdgpu driver had a major issue resuming from suspend a few months ago”
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“the amdgpu driver causes the X server to hang after i suspend”
Threads where it came up
- Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features 1 mention
- Every GPU That Mattered 1 mention
- I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine 1 mention
- Where did my 128GB of video RAM go? AMD GPU BIOS gotcha for LLM builders 1 mention
- The RCE that AMD won't fix 1 mention
- I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too 1 mention
Also written as AMDGPU. Data: amdgpu.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“AMD cards 'just work'”
“The amdgpu driver had a major issue resuming from suspend a few months ago”
“That work lead to amdgpu/Mesa support”
“Adding amdgpu.gttsize=126976 and ttm.pages_limit=32505856 to the kernel parameters”
“modprobe http://192.168.1.1/amdgpu.ko”
“Amdgpu is an in tree kernel module and has been forever.”
“their open-source amdgpu driver means I just plonk the card into the system”
“the amdgpu driver causes the X server to hang after i suspend”