
See our Radeon RX 6700 XT Linux review for benchmarks and driver support details. The RX 6700 XT Linux support was developed in their open-source driver stack under the "Navy Flounder" codename. The Radeon Software for Linux 20.50 driver was released today with the Radeon RX 6700 XT support being the main change.
Driver timeout may occur using HEVC hardware encoding on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.With the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics cards having gone up for sale today (albeit in incredibly short supply), AMD published an updated Radeon Software for Linux driver comprising its AMDGPU-PRO and AMDGPU-Open driver stacks with support for this new Navi RDNA2 graphics card. When Vertical Refresh Sync is set globally to Always Off, system stuttering or driver timeout may occur during video playback using Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs. Display may briefly show corruption when switching between video and game windows on some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6700 XT. Chromium-based browsers may experience video stuttering on extended monitors with mixed refresh rates using Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs. While previewing the timeline in VEGAS Pro™, some colors may appear inverted. GPU utilization may be stuck at 100% in Radeon performance metrics after closing games on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon™ 570. Oculus dashboard menu and rendered controllers may appear bouncing/wobbly on Oculus Quest 2 with some AMD Graphics Products such as the Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Graphics. Radeon™ Super Resolution may fail to trigger after changing resolution or HDR settings on games such as Nioh™ 2. App crash may be experienced in Street Fighter™ 6 beta. GPU for image processing option may not be available using Adobe® Lightroom® on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.
Improvements to stuttering and dropped frames during video playback on Radeon™ RX 6000 series GPUs.