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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.

Mesa 23.2.1 drivers out now

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2023

After a longer period of waiting than usual, the Mesa 23.2.1 driver release is out now as the first in the Mesa 23.2 series.

Mesa 23.2 aims for release this week, with a point release next week

By Liam Dawe, 25 Sep 2023

It's been quite a while overdue but Mesa 23.2 is getting set to finally released, with a fourth Release Candidate now available for testing.

Mesa getting Vulkan performance upgrades for submission merging

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2023

Developer Mike Blumenkrantz, who is one of many under contract by Valve, has released another blog post highlighting another fun optimization from their ongoing Mesa driver work.

AMD RADV Ray Tracing to potentially get much faster on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2023

With some work currently pending to be pulled into Mesa, the open source AMD RADV driver could be about to get much faster with Ray Tracing which is exciting to see.

AMD GPUs to get Ray Tracing turned on for Mesa 23.2

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2023

The RADV driver in Mesa for AMD GPUs on Linux and Steam Deck is set to get Ray Tracing turned on by default for the upcoming Mesa 23.2 release.

Mesa graphics drivers 23.1.0 out now with RADV GPL enabled

By Liam Dawe, 11 May 2023

Another fresh release of Mesa is now available, the set of open source graphics drivers for Linux and Steam Deck with v23.1.0 out now.

Valve improving Mesa graphics drivers on Linux for a "secret" game (update: Jedi Survivor)

By Liam Dawe, 21 Apr 2023

Here's something interesting for you. Valve developers seem to be improving the Mesa graphics drivers right now towards a secret game. Update: It was for Jedi Survivor.

AMD RADV driver will soon stop eating RAM with some games

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2023

Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has continued blogging about Linux graphics driver improvements, with a fix from developer Samuel Pitoiset landing to stop the AMD RADV (Vulkan) driver eating up RAM.

Steam Deck OS 3.4.6 Beta adds DOOM Eternal Ray Tracing, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty fixes

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2023

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.

Mesa 23.0 out now improving open source graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe, 23 Feb 2023

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

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2023

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

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

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

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2022

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"

By Liam Dawe, 19 Sep 2022

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

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.

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.

Mesa drivers version 22.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2022

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

By Liam Dawe, 7 Mar 2022

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.