AMD Rolls Out AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 Driver for Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

AMD released a new version of its new AMDGPU-PRO graphics driver for GNU/Linux distribution, bringing support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system, besides Ubuntu.

Designed for newer AMD Radeon GPUs, the AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 driver comes two and a half months after the release of the AMDGPU-PRO 16.30 update, and it adds support for 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 operating systems, as well as Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and 14.04.4 LTS  systems.

Apart from supporting the RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and 6.8 operating systems, the AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 driver comes with support for the AMD Radeon R9 M485X, AMD Radeon R7 M465, AMD Radeon R7 M460, AMD Radeon R7 M445, and AMD Radeon R7 M440 GPUs, as well as FirePro features like EDID management and 30-bit color support.

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