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Published: February 12, 2019 | Source: AMD - Via Reddit User TrueMantle | Author: Mark Campbell

Radeon Pro driver support is coming to the Radeon VII, but there’s a catch

Radeon Pro driver support is coming to the Radeon VII, but there's a catch

Radeon Pro driver support is coming to the Radeon VII, but there’s a catch

AMD’s Radeon VII is positioned targetted at both gamers and creators, with the GPU’s ample allotment of HBM2 VRAM allowing the graphics card to handle even the most complex of video rendering workloads, a factor that could stretch competing 8GB GPUs like the RTX 2080 past their limits for certain users.

With this “creators” target in mind, AMD has decided to support their latest high-end graphics card with their enterprise-grade Radeon Pro Software, enabling “One Driver” support, which enabled users to install both Radeon Pro and Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition drivers and quickly switch between them. This allows creators to benefit from the stability of Radeon Pro drivers and utilise the performance advantages of AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin gaming drivers, which are frequently updated with new game-specific optimisations. 

When AMD confirmed that their Radeon VII graphics card would be supported by future versions of AMD’s Radeon Pro driver, some sites took the news a little too far by stating that the Radeon VII would benefit from Workstation application optimisations and gain workstation applications certifications. This is false. 
 

Radeon Pro driver support is coming to the Radeon VII, but there's a catch  

In a statement to a Reddit user called True Mantle, AMD revealed what Radeon VII users should expect from their Radeon Pro drivers, confirming that workstation optimisations, certifications, features and remote workstation support would be limited to Radeon Pro Graphics products. 

This is a logical choice for AMD, as otherwise, the consumer-grade Radeon VII would cannibalise the sales of AMD’s Professional grade graphics products.   
 

   Clarification: AMD provides the same driver support to Radeon VII that is available on other Radeon consumer hardware as listed in the table below. To be specific, workstation performance, application certifications, and features do not apply to Radeon consumer hardware when using Radeon Pro Software. The explicit purpose of our “One Driver” program is to simplify implementation for businesses that use Radeon consumer and Radeon Pro products across their install base.  

Radeon Pro driver support is coming to the Radeon VII, but there's a catch

AMD;’s intention with their “One Driver” support is to allow businesses to more easily integrate consumer-grade Radeon products into their install base by allowing them to use the same Radeon Pro drivers. 

You can join the discussion on AMD’s Radeon VII graphics card’s planned “One Driver” Radeon Pro Software support on the OC3D Forums. 

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