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The Talos Principle [Steam] is currently one of the two Linux games to use Vulkan right now, so it's great to see them keep updating it.

They just released a new beta and here's the changelog:
QuoteNew features:
- Added support for latest ATi and nVidia cards.

Improvements:
- Improved stability and performance on Vulkan API.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed issues with fullscreen rendering on Vulkan on Linux.
- Fixed a rare crash when exiting the game.


Let me know in the comments how you get on with it, I found it to be much better on Vulkan that it was on OpenGL.

Croteam really are an awesome developer to have supporting Linux with their games. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: Beta, Puzzle, Steam, Vulkan
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dubigrasu Nov 12, 2016
Not sure now that is the game's fault for these (Vulkan mode) lock ups. I noticed the lock ups in other Vulkan apps as well (while running fine in OpenGL).
nieknooijens Nov 13, 2016
Tested it on vulkan on a GTX1070 and it works really well! occasionally some models are glitched and it has some movement hiccups but nothing really stopping you from playing.
FredO Nov 14, 2016
Quoting: nieknooijensTested it on vulkan on a GTX1070 and it works really well! occasionally some models are glitched and it has some movement hiccups but nothing really stopping you from playing.

Which driver version are you using? Up to and including 367.44 I had hard lockups when starting with Vulkan (980ti). Now on 367.57 there are no more hard lockups but it does crash every couple of minutes. So improvements, but still not really playable.

I did some benchmarks though - Damn!
OpenGL: 71.8 Ave FPS
Vulkan: 157.2 Ave FPS

This is a game changer for sure.


Last edited by FredO on 14 November 2016 at 8:56 pm UTC
OlliC Nov 14, 2016
Quoting: EhvisWith the Vulkan renderer, performance was almost instantly at DX11 levels. So very good for Linux users. Unfortunately, it's also very unstable for me (hard lock ups). From what I've seen on the beta threads, this instability is specific to the GTX970. Any others here have the same experience?

I had one lockup while running the benchmark with my GTX 660 (driver 375.10). Never occured again.


Last edited by OlliC on 14 November 2016 at 1:12 pm UTC
nerdknight Nov 14, 2016
I made some benchmarks using Phoronix Test Suite, tests where made with everything on ULTRA. This are the results:


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