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I'm sure Windows is perfectly capable of driving a GOP framebuffer. That doesn't mean the kernel has an actual GPU driver.

Hikikomori 2y ago
It will also install a proper driver with windows update, can also do that during the installation.
- movedx 2y ago
  No. That's not true. It does not do that. I've reinstalled Windows 11 several times to resolve issues or try these kinds of things out. It has never offered to download an AMD driver for me. This is false.
  - Hikikomori 2y ago
    Windows update doesn't install a proper driver?
    - movedx 2y ago
      Does it download an official AMD driver? No. It hasn’t ever done for me across hundreds of Windows installs across hundreds of devices.
      - Dalewyn 2y ago
        Windows Update can and will grab most third-party drivers for your hardware if you let it, this includes video card drivers from Intel, Nvidia, and AMD.
      - Hikikomori 2y ago
        Yes it does. I even need to disable my iGPU that my Ryzen has so it does keep downloading the driver.
  - lproven 2y ago
    > No. That's not true. It does not do that. Windows 10 can 100% download and install an nVidia proprietary driver for hardware it finds. Indeed I inadvertently trapped it in a boot loop by fitting 2 dissimilar nVidia Fire cards with different GPU generations. This works on Linux if you use Nouveau but not with nVidia drivers. Win10 lacks an equivalent of nouveau. It booted, detected card #1, downloaded and installed a driver, rebooted, the card came up; then it detected card #2, which wasn't working, downloaded and installed a driver, and rebooted. Now card #2 initialised but #1 didn't work. You can only have 1 nVidia driver installed at a time. So, Windows downloads and installs the driver for card #1... reboots... #1 works, #2 doesn't... download driver, install, reboot... The only way to interrupt this is to power off and remove one card. When I replaced both cards with a single AMD card, it downloaded the driver and everything worked. You are wrong. Source: my own personal direct experience.

Hikikomori 2y ago

It will also install a proper driver with windows update, can also do that during the installation.

movedx 2y ago
No. That's not true. It does not do that. I've reinstalled Windows 11 several times to resolve issues or try these kinds of things out. It has never offered to download an AMD driver for me. This is false.
- Hikikomori 2y ago
  Windows update doesn't install a proper driver?
  - movedx 2y ago
    Does it download an official AMD driver? No. It hasn’t ever done for me across hundreds of Windows installs across hundreds of devices.
    - Dalewyn 2y ago
      Windows Update can and will grab most third-party drivers for your hardware if you let it, this includes video card drivers from Intel, Nvidia, and AMD.
    - Hikikomori 2y ago
      Yes it does. I even need to disable my iGPU that my Ryzen has so it does keep downloading the driver.
- lproven 2y ago
  > No. That's not true. It does not do that. Windows 10 can 100% download and install an nVidia proprietary driver for hardware it finds. Indeed I inadvertently trapped it in a boot loop by fitting 2 dissimilar nVidia Fire cards with different GPU generations. This works on Linux if you use Nouveau but not with nVidia drivers. Win10 lacks an equivalent of nouveau. It booted, detected card #1, downloaded and installed a driver, rebooted, the card came up; then it detected card #2, which wasn't working, downloaded and installed a driver, and rebooted. Now card #2 initialised but #1 didn't work. You can only have 1 nVidia driver installed at a time. So, Windows downloads and installs the driver for card #1... reboots... #1 works, #2 doesn't... download driver, install, reboot... The only way to interrupt this is to power off and remove one card. When I replaced both cards with a single AMD card, it downloaded the driver and everything worked. You are wrong. Source: my own personal direct experience.