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This guide is about setting up NixOS to correctly use your AMD Graphics card if it is relatively new (aka, after the GCN architecture).
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMDgpu_(Linux_kernel_module) AMDGPU] is an open source graphics driver for AMD Radeon graphics cards. It supports AMD GPUs based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Core_Next GCN architecture Graphics Core Next (GCN)] architecture and later, covering hardware released from approximately 2012 onward. This guide is about configuration of NixOS to correctly use AMD GPUs supported by the AMDGPU driver.


== Basic Setup ==
== Basic Setup ==