Edit: I was able to run some benchmark tests, so I don’t need help with this anymore, but after running the tests, I’m pretty sure my computer is having hardware issues. I don’t really have any other options, though, so I just have to deal with it.
The computer I was using stopped working and I had to switch to a different computer but despite having a significantly better GPU, games are performing only slightly better. I want to benchmark test the GPU to see if it’s a potential hardware problem or if something else is causing a bottleneck.
I’m using Linux Mint and I’m just using the drivers that were preinstalled by the distro. If it’s possible that Mint installed the wrong drivers somwhow, I wouldn’t know where to look to get help with that.
It might be using the integrated GPU…
Try and install
lshwand runsudo lshw -numeric -C displayand give us the output.Edit…
Or
glxinfo | grep "OpenGL vendor|OpenGL renderer"I just tried glxinfo but it didn’t do anything and unless it’s called something else, apt can’t locate the package.
I think it is in the
mesa-utilspackage but that doesn’t matter…your other answer provided some more infoIt is using the integrated GPU, it’s a laptop that only has an integrated GPU. Also, lshw is having the same problem it had with my old computer, where it doesn’t seem to list the right clock speed and just says it’s running at 33Mhz. I know this is wrong because on my old computer, other software would state the clock speed was much higher. But another thing I’m noticing that’s wrong is the GPU is listed as an R3 when the GPU is actually an R2, so unless they share drivers, It’s possible that Mint (I’m using Linux Mint) installed the wrong drivers.
*-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Mullins [Radeon R3 Graphics] [1002:9850] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] [1002] physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 40 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=radeon latency=0 resolution=1366,768 resources: irq:38 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f07fffff ioport:4000(size=256) memory:f0d00000-f0d3ffff memory:c0000-dffffI was kinda hoping I’d see something obvious but I am not a great troubleshooter, more of try things to see what works…
You can still use the Phoronix thing for testing the GPU:
.debfrom https://phoronix-test-suite.com/releases/repo/pts.debian/files/phoronix-test-suite_10.8.4_all.deb and installphoronix-test-suite install unigine-heavenphoronix-test-suite run unigine-heavenBut perhaps something else is interfering.
What does
sudo apt list --installed | grep -i radeonshow?Unigine-heaven was available by itself and it worked but I’ve never benchmark tested anything before. The settings I used was low graphics, full screened to the custom resolution of 1360x768 (the resolution of the monitor I use) and everything else was disabled. The frame rate ranged from 12 to 26 (or at least somewhere around that), does that seem good for an AMD Radeon R2 Graphics?
Also that command returns this: `WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
libdrm-radeon1/jammy-updates,now 2.4.113-2~ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 [installed] xserver-xorg-video-radeon/jammy-updates,now 1:19.1.0-2ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] `
🤷♂️ all I can say is the drivers are installed.
Perhaps there is a Xorg option that needs to be modified or set a kernel parameter. Sorry I can’t help anymore.
Even though it is Mint, the advice on the ArchWiki might help you out.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU#Loading says that it should use the
amdgpudriver so that is something to look into.Good luck!