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Skywalker71
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How can I install AMD's proprietary driver for RX 550 4GB DDR5 in Fedora 40?

I have recently bought a AMD Sapphire Pulse RX 550 4GB DDR5 graphics card. I was using a Nvidia GT 730 previously. The reason behind this change is I am shifting to Linux and I have installed Fedora 40 and I have to use Davinci Resolve (FREE) as my video editing software. Now installing an old Nvidia GPU driver in Linux is of a great pain. Though after a lot of time and getting a lot of help from Fedora community, I finally installed the Nvidia graphics driver and Davinci Resolve in Fedora 40 and Davinci did recognise the GPU, though I had to force it to use that GPU. But, the main problem was that GT 730 gave me only 1600x900 pixel resolution on my 1920x1080 monitor. So, I searched for AMD GPU driver compatibility and found that AMD, unlike Nvidia, has generously gifted their code to GNU/Linux and their drivers are embedded in Linux kernel. So, with a joyful heart I bought this RX 550 card as it was within my budget and I was very happy to see that Fedora started using my GPU by default. BUT... after installing Davinci Resolve 19.0.3, I saw in a despair that DAvinci has not recognised this new RX 550 GPU. As it is not possible for me to buy a very expensive newer graphics card right now, I am asking for help on how can I install the proprietary driver for this card RX 550 4GB DDR5 in Fedora, so that it can be recognised by Davinci Resolve. Please note, that it has been detected by Davinci Resolve 19.0.3 (the latest as of now) in Windows 10 though I had to force it to use this GPU.

Please help me and I will be grateful forever.

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BlackMyth
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To get your RX 550 recognized by DaVinci Resolve in Fedora, install the AMDGPU-Pro driver from AMD’s website, as this proprietary driver can enhance compatibility. After installation, enable OpenCL by running:

 

bash
 

 

sudo dnf install opencl-amdgpu-pro

 

 

Then, restart DaVinci Resolve and check Preferences > Memory and GPU to ensure the RX 550 is detected. Set the GPU processing mode to OpenCL and select the RX 550 manually if needed. This should help Resolve recognize your GPU properly.

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