Aco shader compiler doesnt seem to work. AMD 5700 XT

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And I don’t know why that is.

In my .profile I have:

export RADV_PERFTEST=aco

When I run

lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display

I get:

0b:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT] (rev c1)
	Subsystem: Tul Corporation / PowerColor Device 2398
	Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
	Kernel modules: amdgpu

So far it all seems good. But seeing as I had massive shader compilation times with Overwatch and stutters during gameplay, it seems aco is not in effect.

Here is a shot of the full dxvk hud, there I was expecting it to say LLVM or ACO, but I am not seeing either of those messages. Is there anything else that I might be missing? The only thing that is different from what I did back on Manjaro is that I have set the environment variable in .profile. On my old installation I set the command in /etc/environment.

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If I’m not mistaken, ACO is already the default now, so you don’t have to set RADV_PERFTEST=aco anymore.

I think it’s best to report your issue directly to Mesa:

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Just checked and mesa will be enabled by default with 20.2.

I currently have 20.1.

My system is missing something, but I have yet to figure out why ACO isn’t working.

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Ah okay, thanks. I’m using mesa-git that’s why I got lost with the features…

Are you using mesa’s vulkan or AMDVLK?

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I use “RADV_PERFEST=aco” in a file called “.pam_environment” insode my home folder. Don’t know if that makes a difference.

Also maybe you need to activate ACO inside Overwatch Lutris settings.

If you have steam, you can try to start it from console. There you should get a warning, that the ACO compiler is used (experimental). It should say this somewhere:

WARNING: Experimental compiler backend enabled. Here be dragons! Incorrect rendering, GPU hangs and/or resets are likely

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What is the difference?

I did just found out that I do not have the following packages installed:

vulkan-radeon
lib32-vulkan-radeon

I prefer and want to use the opensource stuff. So AMDVLK is the closed source driver or?

Edit: I also checked the steam logs indeed, together with the aco launch command but no dragons message.

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I have the same and it works for me.

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Fixed! I indeed needed the following packages.

vulkan-radeon
lib32-vulkan-radeon

I remember having those in my install script but removed it since it came by default with my other os installation. But this is arch so I need to add those back in now.

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So it makes sure to set the RADV Vulkan driver as a standard. This should work, else read through this Link.

export VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json:/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json

Edit:

Nice. Have fun!

For Overwatch, for me, it was a good idea to also install gamemode (starts automatically when starting a game inside Lutris after a reboot).

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Both are open source. vulkan-radeon is Mesa’s work, and AMDVLK is AMD’s implementation.

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Thanks all for thinking with me. :slight_smile:

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Since this thread accidentally answered a lot of my questions to AMD users for gaming guide, i still have one:

Which one generally is more performant in games?
I assume AMDVLK?

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I don’t know :slight_smile:
I’m using mesa-git with my 5700, so far, no major issues.

EDIT: more info here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU and https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK
Mesa issue tracker: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues

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This is from march, so it may already be better for any driver.

The Reddit link I shared earlier in this thread gives you the ability to try amdvlk and RADV(your Mesa Vulkan) drivers. That way you can see if one works better in a certain game than the other.

From my experience RADV works better.

Edit: Also, please correct me of I’m wrong, ACO works only with RADV.

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By the way, how are you showing the GPU informations inside your uploaded pictures?

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With Lutris you can go to the game’s properties and then:

Screenshot from 2020-08-14 11-10-34

Or with Steam “DXVK_HUD=full %command%”.

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