How to Fix RX 5700 (XT) Whatevergreen importance (Big Sour)

By Ufuk Durgun
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How to Fix RX 5700 (XT) Whatevergreen importance (Big Sour)

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

  • Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
  • Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

  1. Check if your GPU requires WhateverGreen or specific boot-args (e.g., agdpmod=pikera).
  2. Ensure Metal acceleration is fully supported for your macOS version.
  3. Update Lilu and WhateverGreen to the latest versions.

Verification

  • Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

So i searched a bit and found no clear statement for this question. But it is so simple:

Do i have to use Whatevergreen (+agdpmod=pikera) for the best Radeon RX5700 and 5700xt experience or do i just run it natively without any .kext?

I think this information is very important and there is no clear answer to this question. I tried both and for my setup it just seems to make no difference if i use Whatevergreen or not. With WAG i have to use agdpmod=pikera otherwise it boots to a blackscreen. But i would love to use the card without because i want to load as less .kext as possible.

So what is best practice for Big Sour?

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