I recently built a new pc and since I switched from Windows to Lunux (Kubuntu) I got an amd gpu (6700 XT). Because people told me it is less of a hassle than Nvidia. It works fine out of the box, but the choice of drivers confuse me. For gaming is the default amdgpu good enough? Is amdgpu-pro the same as the official Radeon drivers from amd? Are they better for gaming? Is Mesa yet another driver or something in addition to a driver? Why are there no settings/gui anywhere (using the default amdgpu)?
I use the pre-built drivers in kernel. No need to worry or anything, just plug-and-play.
You don’t want amdgpu-pro unless you’re doing something really specific that needs OpenGL and OpenCL. amdgpu built-in is good enough for most games and use cases.
Mesa is just a graphic library. You’ll need it.
Edit:
amdgpu-pro may be even worse to gaming then the amdgpu built-in.
Thans for clarifying. You say I need Mesa. Is that a seperate install or part of the driver?
It’s probably already installed. It wouldn’t be working if it wasn’t