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Mesa gets a big CS:GO speedup, plus upcoming AMD RADV performance boost

By Liam Dawe, 15 Sep 2022

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.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 515.49.14 out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2022

NVIDIA has released the latest update to their special Vulkan Beta Driver, for developers and users who want to test out the very-latest stuff.

Raspberry Pi 4 gets a graphics bump with Vulkan 1.2 conformance

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2022

Are you still enjoying your Raspberry Pi 4? Well, there's a graphics bump coming thanks to all the work in the drivers with it hitting Vulkan 1.2 conformance.

OpenRazer new release adding support for more Razer hardware on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Aug 2022

Razer make some pretty fancy hardware but, like a lot of vendors, don't exactly support Linux directly and so the OpenRazer project helps you out there.

Vulkan Beta Driver 515.49.10 out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jul 2022

NVIDIA has released a fresh upgrade to their special developer-focused Vulkan Beta Drivers with version 515.49.10.

NVIDIA driver 515.57 and Vulkan Beta 515.49.06 out now

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2022

Multiple driver updates have been released by NVIDIA for Linux recently so here's a look at what's new in each.

Linux Panfrost driver for Mali GPUs now supports the new Valhall architecture

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jun 2022

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.

NVIDIA stable driver 515.48.07 out now, Gamescope improvements and more

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2022

NVIDIA released a brand new stable driver release for Linux, building on the previous Beta that released along with their new open source kernel modules.

Corsair driver and UI for Linux ckb-next version 0.5.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 27 May 2022

Have some fancy Corsair hardware that you want to tweak on Linux? You need the ckb-next project, which has a new release out with version 0.5.0.

Mesa 22.1.0 out now improving open source graphics

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2022

Mesa 22.1.0 is out now bringing tons of improvements for open source graphics drivers for OpenGL and Vulkan.

NVIDIA releases open source Linux GPU kernel modules, Beta Driver 515.43.04 out

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2022

In a nice big win for open source, NVIDIA has today officially revealed that they've released open source Linux GPU kernel modules. Additionally, driver version 515.43.04 is out.

AMD driver work ongoing to help Halo Infinite on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 26 Apr 2022

Developer Bas Nieuwenhuizen has a new blog post up about some of the work going into the radv AMD GPU driver on Linux, and they're taking steps towards doing "A driver on the GPU" which should help Halo Infinite get working.

Yes, the Steam Deck will eventually get Ray Tracing, once the AMD GPU driver matures

By Liam Dawe, 14 Apr 2022

There's been a lot of talk lately about Ray Tracing and the Steam Deck, especially after the recent Digital Foundry video but there's a few things that need to be cleared up.

OpenRazer 3.3 adds support for more hardware on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2022

OpenRazer version 3.3 brings with it support for even more Razer hardware on Linux, along with some other improvements.

Zink, the OpenGL on top of Vulkan driver gets 'Kopper' merged — huge for the future

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2022

Zink is an open source driver layer that gives OpenGL on top of Vulkan, it's been in progress for some time now, steadily making progress. Just recently, a big advancement was pulled in.

Open source XR runtime Monado adds initial 6DoF 'inside-out' tracking support

By Liam Dawe, 6 Apr 2022

It's been a little while since we heard progress on Monado, the free and open source XR (VR / AR) runtime for Linux but it has been progressing nicely with a big new feature added.

Vulkan API 1.3.210 out with new extensions, new NVIDIA Beta Driver ready

By Liam Dawe, 29 Mar 2022

Today a new version of Vulkan was tagged and in addition to the usual documentation additions, there's two new extensions that are quite interesting. NVIDIA as usual have a new Beta driver for Linux ready.

NVIDIA 510.60.02 driver rolls out for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2022

NVIDIA has released the latest update to their Linux driver with version 510.60.02 available now with new GPU support and also some bug fixes.

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 announced

By Liam Dawe, 17 Mar 2022

AMD has today revealed AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0, the next-generation version of their impressive spatial upscaling tech that can really help improve performance.