Article category: Vulkan - page 8

Zink Vulkan driver Suballocator lands in Mesa, certain games get 'over 1000%' more FPS

18 Aug 2021

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.

The V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 is nearing Vulkan 1.1 support

12 Aug 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Iago Toral of Igalia has written up a blog post going over a bunch of work done for the V3DV Vulkan driver for Raspberry Pi 4 and it's coming along nicely.

DXVK Native gets an official release to help Linux ports with Vulkan

11 Aug 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

For developers looking to bring their games to Linux officially, DXVK Native can be a good option to help reduce the time and complexity involved in doing so.

DXVK 1.9.1 is out for translating Direct3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan

26 Jul 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

The DXVK project continues to mature its translation layer for Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan, something that can be used together with Wine and Proton (along with a few ports using it).

NVIDIA shows off RTX and DLSS on Arm using Arch Linux, DLSS SDK adds full Linux support

19 Jul 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Today NVIDIA put up a rather exciting blog post talking about RTX - with Arm. Not only that, they've showcased it using Linux too which is pretty amazing.

Godot 4.0 with Vulkan getting closer to Alpha, looks like GLES2 to be dropped

19 Jul 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

As Godot 4.0 gets ever closer to seeing the light with an Alpha version, the team has clarified what OpenGL / OpenGL ES support to expect from it since the big thing with 4.0 is Vulkan.

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare rolls out with a free update for all players

15 Jul 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Today is the day! Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare is out now expanding the beat 'em up with a bunch of new content, plus there's a free upgrade for all players.

Stadia gets more generous revenue models plus a porting toolkit for DirectX to Vulkan

14 Jul 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

At the recent Google for Games Developer Summit it seems that Google actually still has quite a clear focus on Stadia and they're trying to entice more developers to bring their games over.

VKD3D-Proton 2.4 is out with performance improvements for Direct3D 12 to Vulkan

8 Jul 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

VKD3D-Proton is the project that Valve funds to act as a translation layer between Direct3D 12 to Vulkan for use with Steam Play Proton and a big new release is out.

More Vulkan goodness arrives in Mesa with the PanVK driver for Arm Mali Midgard & Bifrost

23 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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.

NVIDIA to launch DLSS support for Proton on Linux tomorrow (June 22)

21 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

While DLSS has been technically available in the NVIDIA drivers for Linux for some time now, the missing piece was support for Proton which will be landing tomorrow - June 22.

Vulkan 1.2.182 released with extensions to help VR and the OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink

21 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Another specification update for Vulkan is out now with Vulkan 1.2.182. As usual it cleans up some issues but it also brings in multiple new and interesting Vulkan extensions.

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Rolled Out! is a wonderful spiritual successor to Super Monkey Ball

21 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

While Rolled Out! from Polarbyte Games / Skymap Games is currently in Early Access so it's not finished, it clearly has an excellent setup ready for you to get rolling.

OpenGL over Vulkan driver Zink gets a huge performance boost

17 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

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.

Alternate Quake II game engine Yamagi Quake II adds optional Vulkan support

16 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Want another game engine reimplementation to play Quake II? Yamagi Quake II is another that's quite advanced and big new release is available with Vulkan support.

Left 4 Dead 2 updated with Vulkan support thanks to DXVK

15 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

We've only just seen a new release of the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK, and now it's powering Left 4 Dead 2 with a fresh free upgrade out now.

Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer DXVK 1.9 is out now

15 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

After a while between major releases, the DXVK project has splashed onto the scene again with a juicy new release ripe for picking with DXVK 1.9 out now.

Collabora give an overview on the status of Zink, the OpenGL over Vulkan driver

15 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

It seems the OpenGL over Vulkan driver, Zink, has been coming along at a ridiculously impressive pace. Open source consulting firm Collabora has given an overview on how it's doing.

Collabora continue enhancing Wine for Wayland, now with Vulkan and multi-monitor support

8 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Currently in the experimental stages, Collabora continue hacking away at the code for Wine to enable full Wayland support and they've reached some big new milestones with Vulkan and multiple monitor support.

Hollow Knight gets Vulkan on Linux in the new update out now

7 Jun 2021

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By Liam Squires-Hand

After being in Beta since February, Team Cherry have released a free upgrade to Hollow Knight so it should continue running nicely for years to come.

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