If you're planning on using an amd graphics card with ubuntu 18.04, you have a couple of options. because bionic is an lts release, you do have the option of using the proprietary amdgpu-pro drivers. the open source drivers that come with ubuntu are probably better for gamers, though.. On the amd side were the radeon rx 580 and rx vega 64 graphics cards. the latest radeon software windows driver at the time of testing was the 18.9.2 release while on the linux side was the linux 4.19-rc5 kernel with mesa 18.3-dev built against llvm 8.0 svn via the padoka ppa.. Since ubuntu 18.04 is a lts release it will be officially supported by amd with the amdgpu-pro drivers. these drivers are only available directly from amd and are geared more towards professional applications..
We want to make sure you have the right driver for your device and operating system. choose your product and operating system on the amd driver download page or use the amd driver autodetect to obtain the correct driver for your device.. A few days ago, out of the blue, ubuntu is really slow. everything in the graphics intensive department (playing games, using unity, etc) is very slow. for reference, i now get <1 fps in left 4 dead 2, whereas i'd normally get around 40.. Amd released a new major version of its amdgpu-pro graphics driver for radeon gpus to users of linux-based operating systems, radeon software for linux 18.30..
