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Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK hits Vulkan 1.0 conformance

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2023

A big step for the in-development open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK, as Collabora have announced how it's hit Vulkan 1.0 conformance.

NVIDIA driver 545.29.02 out for Linux plus other releases due to security issues

By Liam Dawe, 31 Oct 2023

NVIDIA today launched four new stable Linux graphics drivers, yes four. 545.29.02 is the bigger one with all the new stuff, but they also launched 535.129.03, 525.147.05 and 470.223.02 due to newly disclosed security issues.

NVIDIA Beta driver 545.23.06 released for Linux, plenty of new features

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

After being a little quiet for a while, NVIDIA released Beta driver 545.23.06 which includes a bunch of new features and a few bug fixes too.

NVIDIA looking to hook up Reflex support in Proton

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

An NVIDIA engineer has sent in pull requests to DXVK, VKD3D-Proton and DXVK-NVAPI to enable support for Reflex / NV low latency to get it hooked up in Proton.

DXVK-NVAPI 0.6.4 out now expanding HDR support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Sep 2023

DXVK-NVAPI is an alternative NVAPI (NVIDIA API) implementation used with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for running Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 535.43.09 and stable 535.104.05 drivers out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2023

NVIDIA recently released two fresh driver upgrades for Linux, although one of them we have no idea what they actually changed. Here's what's up.

NVIDIA posts NVAPI core software development kit on GitHub

By nwildner, 25 Aug 2023

NVAPI is NVIDIA's core software development kit that allows direct access to NVIDIA GPUs and drivers on supported platforms, and it's now been put up on GitHub.

NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 and Half-Life 2 RTX announced

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2023

Today NVIDIA announced DLSS 3.5 further enhancing Ray Tracing and Half-Life 2 RTX was also announced. So let's go over the details.

Recent NVIDIA drivers are causing issues for Proton

By Liam Dawe, 18 Aug 2023

Have you been seeing some problems with the NVIDIA 535 driver series when trying to run Steam games on Linux with Proton? Well, you're not alone but investigations are under way. Here's what's happening.

NVIDIA driver 535.98 now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 8 Aug 2023

NVIDIA GPU owners may want to go and grab some updates as driver 535.98 is out now. Here's a look over what's changed.

NVK the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA merged into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 7 Aug 2023

Well, it happened! The open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs named NVK has been officially merged into Mesa.

Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' gears up for merging into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

This is exciting as heck! Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand and various contributors have been powering through developing NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.34 out now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2023

NVIDIA have released another update to their Vulkan Beta driver series with 525.47.34 out now. So here's what's new and fixed.

Portal: Prelude gets an NVIDIA RTX remaster, plus NVIDIA announced RTX IO

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jul 2023

NVIDIA has announced another game to use NVIDIA RTX Remix to add in full ray tracing, this time it's a mod for the original Portal with Portal: Prelude RTX.

NVIDIA driver 535.86.05 out now

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jul 2023

NVIDIA has released their latest Linux graphics driver update with version 535.86.05. So here's what's new and improved for you.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.31 released

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

NVIDIA has released a fresh update to their Vulkan Beta Driver for developers with version 525.47.31 now available for testing.

The open source NVIDIA NVK driver is coming along well

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jun 2023

A project I have a very keen eye on is NVK, the open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver developed by the community (not NVIDIA), and it seems like progress on it is going rather well.

NVIDIA driver 535.54.03 stable rolls out for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2023

NVIDIA has today released their latest stable driver for Linux version 535.54.03, following on from their recent 535.43.02 Beta driver in late May.

NVIDIA driver 535.43.02 Beta for Linux updates Wayland support, new Vulkan extensions

By Liam Dawe, 30 May 2023

NVIDIA has released the 535.43.02 Beta driver for Linux today, bringing with it support for multiple newer Vulkan extensions and extends Wayland support further.