Category: NVIDIA

Following on from the big stable release back in late February that gave us VRR for multiple displays and various bug fixes, NVIDIA have released driver version 570.133.07.

Half-Life 2 RTX now has a demo available on Steam for those of you who want to check out what Orbifold Studios have done to the Valve classic with ray tracing.

NVIDIA have released NVIDIA RTX Remix, their modding platform that allows developers to enhance games with full ray tracing. Additionally, Half-Life 2 RTX is getting a demo on March 18th.

Time for a bit of modernisation. With the upcoming Mesa 25.1 release, Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand announced a big change for NVIDIA GPU users. If you're not using the proprietary NVIDIA driver, that is.

If you want to fully control your GPU on Linux you may want to check out the latest update to Linux GPU Configuration Tool (LACT), which brings in various new features.

Following on from the 570.86.16 Beta that was released on January 30th, NVIDIA have today put up a new stable driver release with 570.124.04.

While Final Fantasy VII Rebirth can work on Linux with AMD GPUs (like Steam Deck), the situation with NVIDIA GPUs has been messy. Open source to the rescue though, again.

NVIDIA today released the 570.86.16 Beta driver for Linux which includes various new features, and a few good bug fixes too.

Sad news for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux who want to play FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, which just released on Steam yesterday as it appears broken. Works on Linux for those with an AMD GPU like the Steam Deck though.

Today, January 16th 2025, NVIDIA have revealed multiple security flaws in their GPU drivers, so it's time to get updating again.

During CES, Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais spoke to Frandroid about SteamOS, Steam Deck and more and there's some interesting bits in there about the future.

If you're wanting something similar to SteamOS right now that has much wider hardware support for your gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally, GPD, Ayaneo or even your laptop / desktop then Bazzite is likely one of the best choices.

NVIDIA had some pretty big announcements at CES 2025 for gamers and game developers, like the announcement of the new 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and bringing AI to Shaders.

After NVIDIA previously released a Beta script to setup GeForce NOW on Steam Deck, they're about to make it a whole lot better with a proper native app for full Steam Deck support.

NVIDIA have today released driver version 565.77 as their latest stable New Feature Branch build available for Linux, pulling in all the changes from the 565.57.01 Beta plus a whole bunch more improvements.

Interesting industry news here for you, especially for developers. The Khronos Group announced they've launched the Slang Initiative, taking over the Slang shading language supported by NVIDIA since 2017.

While NVIDIA continues working on new features for their 565 series, and they have their current new-feature branch 560.35.03, they also have the slightly older and stable version that just updated to version 550.135.

No longer just for the AMD camp, Linux GPU Configuration Tool 'LACT' has a fresh release out that brings in NVIDIA support.

NVIDIA have a new official forum post up detailing the the state of Wayland on their Linux drivers, along with plans for upcoming features.

NVIDIA have announced some changes for the NVIDIA GeForce NOW game streaming service, so here's what you need to know.