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PayPalD9VK, the project based on DXVK to provide Vulkan for running Direct3D 9 games in Wine has an actual release now.
It's come along very quickly, with quite a number of games now actually running and faster than with the normal Wine so it's obviously quite impressive. If/when it gets merged with DXVK, this could really help Steam Play too which is another exciting point about it.
Announcing D9VK 0.10, developer Joshua Ashton said:
I am pleased and happy to announce the first release of D9VK -- Version 0.10!
It's beginning to run a large amount of modern (ie. Shader Model 2 and 3) D3D9 games fairly well, so I figured I should probably start shipping releases now that we are at this stage.
There are still a few missing features (Shader Model 1 support is incomplete -- as well as fixed function.)
Hopefully you'll try it out and it'll work. If it doesn't please do report an issue!
See more on the official GitHub page.
In other related news, Lutris also has a dedicated bundle for it now too which you can find here. I've tested it personally with Starcraft II, a game I've owned for a great many years and the performance difference is pretty incredible.
There's also a post in our forum which is quite lively for those who want to regularly share shots of it.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: mrdeathjrIn my tests normally give around 2x performance with around 50% less cpu
:O
Quoting: BrisseOkay Joshua and Phillip, you realize you are f****ng heroes, right? I cannot thank you enough. ^_^
Now we need Joshua to make a profile here, so he can make 1 comment every new release and vanish until the next one :D:D
qptain Nemo May 9, 2019
Quoting: mrdeathjrIn my tests normally give around 2x performance with around 50% less cpuWow!
I'm pretty content with the performance and behavior of dx9 games in vanilla Wine but this is nonetheless awesome and useful.
That's crazy, I didn't expect projects like d9vk or dxvk to actually materialize, but now seeing how well a lot of d3d9 games already run with d9vk, I can see (sooner or later) that those will be the defaults for gamers in wine in the future.
Well, dxvk is already for me for all dx11 titles :p
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Quoting: BrisseOkay Joshua and Phillip, you realize you are f****ng heroes, right? I cannot thank you enough. ^_^
I concur. Lets hope both still get enough sleep ;)
Quoting: LeopardQuoting: MekaDragonOk Valve, you know what to do.
When it matured probably they will include it on Proton. wined3d is enough to cover most of the needs for now , not like wined3d's 11 portion.
I think he meant fund that project like they fund dxvk
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