Jeff Geerling, a hardware enthusiast on YouTube specializing in customizing Raspberry Pi, recently experimented by connecting the gaming graphics card AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT and the workstation graphics card AMD Radeon PRO W7700 to the compact Raspberry Pi 5 computer to assess their performance capabilities.
Utilizing Raspberry Pi with the Radeon 7000 series necessitates patching to support the GPU and new compiler kernels, along with installing additional firmware for the AMD GPU. Detailed information can be found from the source.
Geerling tested various AAA games like Doom Eternal and Crysis Remastered on the setup and found that with 4K resolution and ray tracing enabled, the frame rates were around 10-15 fps. Lowering the resolution to 1080p still encountered bottlenecks due to the Raspberry Pi’s CPU. To achieve smoother gameplay, reducing the resolution further to 720p was necessary.
However, when playing older games like Portal 2, the Pi flawlessly handled the graphics card, running games at 4K resolution and 60 fps without any issues.
Source: Jeff Geerling via XDA
TLDR: Jeff Geerling tested the compatibility of AMD graphics cards with Raspberry Pi for gaming, highlighting the necessity of resolution adjustments for optimal performance.
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