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Steam Deck OS 3.4.6 Beta adds DOOM Eternal Ray Tracing, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty fixes
Valve has updated the Steam Deck Preview update branch to bring with it Steam Deck OS 3.4.6 Beta and it's quite an exciting one.
Category: Mesa
Mesa 23.0 out now improving open source graphics drivers
Mesa 23.0.0 has been released today upgrading open source graphics drivers for Linux. As usual you should wait for the first point release for stability.
Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan gets a 10x performance boost for DOOM 2016
A really small change to the Zink driver, that gives OpenGL support on top of Vulkan, has given an ~10x speed boost for DOOM (2016).
NVK is a new open source Mesa Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs
Jason Ekstrand of Collabora just announced NVK, a brand new open source Mesa Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs.
NVIDIA Linux driver 515.76 is out, as is Mesa 22.2 for AMD / Intel
Two new driver releases are now available for desktop Linux users with NVIDIA 515.76 and Mesa 22.2 for AMD / Intel.
Intel's Linux Vulkan Driver readying up a 60%+ speed boost "in draw throughput"
In another nice win for open source graphics, the Vulkan Driver for Intel on Linux is looking set to get a nice speed boost.
Mesa gets a big CS:GO speedup, plus upcoming AMD RADV performance boost
Mesa, the open source driver set for Linux, has two rather interesting bits of work done recently that gamers might want to keep an eye on.
Linux Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture
Good news for fan of Arm devices, as developer Alyssa Rosenzweig has announced that the Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture.
Mesa drivers version 22.0 out now
More open source goodness coming at you, as Mesa version 22.0 is officially out now for Linux open source graphics drivers.
Imagination Technologies bringing open source PowerVR drivers
Well well, open source continues to grow, good! Imagination Technologies will be joining up with all the rest involved in Mesa development, with their PowerVR GPUs.
Valve sponsors more work to improve Linux graphics drivers
More improvements will be coming to Linux graphics drivers, as Valve have sponsored work towards continuous integration (CI) testing.
Collabora pulls in Jason Ekstrand to work on Linux graphics drivers
Jason Ekstrand, a name that many big Linux fans will know, who previously worked at Intel until very recently has announced today the move to open source consulting firm Collabora.
Minecraft set to be 30% faster on Linux with Mesa drivers
If you're using the open source Mesa drivers on Linux (mostly AMD/Intel) and you're a fan of Minecraft, the next Mesa release is going to give you a big performance uplift.
Collabora announced Venus, 3D accelerated Vulkan in QEMU
Well this is quite exciting. Collabora, the open source consulting firm that often works with Valve, has announced the experimental Venus driver for 3D acceleration of Vulkan applications in QEMU.
Ray Tracing on Linux with AMD GPUs gets closer with multiple games working
While Ray Tracing has worked on Linux for a long time with NVIDIA, the situation with Mesa+AMD is still being worked out but the good news is that it's all finally coming together.
Zink Vulkan driver Suballocator lands in Mesa, certain games get 'over 1000%' more FPS
Zink, the OpenGL implementation on top of Vulkan continues to be an exciting development for Linux open source graphics drivers, with some new code landing in Mesa to improve its performance.
Open source Linux GPU drivers Mesa 21.2 released
Here we go, we have another big upgrade for open source graphics drivers with Mesa 21.2 officially out now.
Ray tracing with AMD RADV on Linux gets closer with the 'World's Slowest Raytracer'
While Ray Tracing has been available on Linux with NVIDIA for a long time now, the open source RADV Mesa driver for AMD GPUs is lagging behind but more work is progressing on it.
More Vulkan goodness arrives in Mesa with the PanVK driver for Arm Mali Midgard & Bifrost
Collabora has given word that another exciting development has been made for Arm Mali Midgard and Bifrost GPUs, as the new PanVK Vulkan driver has landed in Mesa.
OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink gets a huge performance boost
We heard you like performance and it seems the new OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink is going to bring some FPS friends whenever the next release lands.
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