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D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/d7vk…
#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D #D7VK #DXVK
D7VK brings Direct3D 7 to Linux using Vulkan based on DXVK
We've have DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for various versions of Direct3D on Linux, but now it seems we're also getting Direct3D 7 as well.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/nvid…
#OpenSource #NVIDIA #Vulkan #DLSS #Linux #LinuxGaming #Mesa
NVIDIA DLSS support in progress for NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs
This is pretty big and exciting, the open source NVK driver for NVIDIA GPUs is on a path towards getting NVIDIA DLSS support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Stress-testing app OCCT switches to Vulkan by default dropping DirectX gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/stre…
#OCCT #Linux #Vulkan #Gaming #PCGaming
Stress-testing app OCCT switches to Vulkan by default dropping DirectX
The popular stress-testing app OCCT recently landed on Steam, and the first major update here swaps DirectX for Vulkan by default.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.7 released with performance improvements and Intel support upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/dire…
#DXVK #Vulkan #Proton #OpenSource #Linux
Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.7 released with performance improvements and Intel support upgrades
DXVK v2.7 was released over the weekend with lots of improvements for the Direct3D to Vulkan layer. Here's what's new and improved.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A Hat in Time gets a surprise update with DirectX 12 and Vulkan support gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/a-ha…
#AHatinTime #Gaming #Vulkan #SteamDeck #PCGaming
A Hat in Time gets a surprise update with DirectX 12 and Vulkan support
The much loved 3D platformer A Hat in Time just got a surprise patch to update the game for newer graphics APIs.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vulkan API developers try to address some developer frustrations with a new extension gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/vulk…
#Vulkan #GameDev #Linux #OpenSource
Vulkan API developers try to address some developer frustrations with a new extension
Vulkan has been out for around 9 years now, and The Khronos Group continue tweaking it for developers to remove frustrations.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.6.2 released gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/dire…
#DXVK #Linux #LinuxGaming #Proton #Vulkan
Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.6.2 released
The latest release of the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer has been released, with version 2.6.2 bringing assorted improvements.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Khronos Group announce the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/khro…
Khronos Group announce the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension
Another expansion of the Vulkan graphics API has arrived with the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Historical strategy game Old World switches to Vulkan for Linux / Steam Deck
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#OldWorld #4X #Linux #Vulkan #SteamDeck
Historical strategy game Old World switches to Vulkan for Linux / Steam Deck
Mohawk Games continue releasing some pretty big updates to their Civilization like game Old World, with the latest aiming to fix up lots of issues and improve performance.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa 25.1 will default to Zink+NVK instead of the old Nouveau OpenGL driver for NVIDIA on Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/mesa…
#Linux #NVIDIA #Mesa #OpenSource #Vulkan #OpenGL
Mesa 25.1 will default to Zink+NVK instead of the old Nouveau OpenGL driver for NVIDIA on Linux
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.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/dire…
#DXVK #Linux #Proton #OpenSource #Vulkan
Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5.2 brings fixes for Alpha Protocol, The Sims 2, Borderlands 2 and more
Another bug fixes release is out for DXVK (v2.5.2), the project that translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan. It's a big part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Linux so nicely.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/dire…
#Linux #Proton #SteamDeck #OpenSource #Vulkan
Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements
VKD3D-Proton v2.14 is now available bringing various improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer that's used by Valve's Proton for running Windows games on Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/vulk…
Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering
The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5 released with rewritten memory management gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/dire…
#Linux #OpenSource #Vulkan #Direct3D
Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer DXVK v2.5 released with rewritten memory management
Another big release of the Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer (used by Proton) has been released. With DXVK v2.5 bringing rewritten resource and memory management.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Microsoft embraces more open standards with DirectX 12 adopting SPIR-V gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/micr…
Microsoft embraces more open standards with DirectX 12 adopting SPIR-V
Quite a big surprise, but truly a welcome one, and a great one for game developers. Microsoft are moving more towards open standards by adopting SPIR-V for DirectX.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Honeykrisp is a new conformant Linux Vulkan driver for Apple M1 gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/hone…
Honeykrisp is a new conformant Linux Vulkan driver for Apple M1
Apple M1 support on Linux is about to take another leap forwards, with the introduction of the open source Honeykrisp Vulkan driver.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NVK driver gets DRM Format Modifiers to work with Gamescope in Mesa 24.1 gamingonlinux.com/2024/05/nvk-…
#NVIDIA #Linux #Vulkan #OpenSource
NVK driver gets DRM Format Modifiers to work with Gamescope in Mesa 24.1
Just recently NVK, the open source Nvidia Vulkan driver, merged in a new Vulkan extension that is rather important and means it will work properly with Gamescope.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Zink driver startup time squashed with new patches gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/zink…
Zink driver startup time squashed with new patches
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz is once again blogging about working on the Zink driver, and this time a nice optimization is on the way for startup times.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
AMD FSR 3.1 announced with Vulkan support, upscaling quality improvements gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/amd-…
AMD FSR 3.1 announced with Vulkan support, upscaling quality improvements
During GDC, AMD announced the latest big upgrade to come for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution with version 3.1 planned to launch in Q2 2024.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library vkd3d v1.11 released gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/wine…
Wine Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library vkd3d v1.11 released
While Valve continue pushing forward for gamers with VKD3D-Proton, the Wine team continue building up their own separate Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation library with a new release out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine pulls in code to eliminate a Vulkan performance issue for wow64 gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/wine…
Wine pulls in code to eliminate a Vulkan performance issue for wow64
Wine is about to get just that little bit sweeter, with new code recently merged into the project that should work around a performance issue with Vulkan.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, NVK, is now ready for prime time gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/open…
Open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, NVK, is now ready for prime time
The future of NVIDIA hardware on Linux is here with the open source Vulkan driver NVK in Mesa, as there's now a Merge Request to have it shipped by default.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NVIDIA open source driver to use NVK + Zink for OpenGL on newer GPUs gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/nvid…
NVIDIA open source driver to use NVK + Zink for OpenGL on newer GPUs
A recent merge request on the Mesa Git repository added the initial support for allowing drivers to chose Zink as the translation layer for handling OpenGL.nwildner (GamingOnLinux)
Cross-platform development library SDL3 gets a Vulkan Renderer and camera API gamingonlinux.com/2024/02/cros…
#GameDev #FOSS #OpenSource #Vulkan #SDL
Cross-platform development library SDL3 gets a Vulkan Renderer and camera API
With development work ongoing for SDL3, some recent exciting improvements include a Vulkan Render backend and a camera API.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Team Fortress 2 has a 64bit and Vulkan update for Linux in testing gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/team…
Team Fortress 2 has a 64bit and Vulkan update for Linux in testing
Valve are still updating Team Fortress 2 (TF2), and a bigger technical update is currently in the works that will bring 64bit and Vulkan support to the Linux version.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GPU Reshape is a fancy new open source tool for developers gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/gpu-…
#FOSS #OpenSource #GameDev #Vulkan
GPU Reshape is a fancy new open source tool for developers
A fresh announcement for developers today is GPU Reshape, a free and open source tool that could be really useful for game developers working with Vulkan and DirectX 12 to deal with potentially undefined behaviour.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Ray-Tracing performance uplift coming to the AMD RADV Linux graphics driver gamingonlinux.com/2024/01/ray-…
Ray-Tracing performance uplift coming to the AMD RADV Linux graphics driver
The open source AMD RADV Vulkan driver is set to get some nice looking performance improvements for Ray-Tracing, which should release along with Mesa 24.0.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Check out this great overview of NVK, the open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/chec…
#NVIDIA #Vulkan #FOSS #OpenSource
Check out this great overview of NVK, the open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver
Developer Faith Ekstrand has given a holiday update on the state of NVK, the unofficial open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver and how it's coming along that's worth a read as it's all quite exciting.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Vulkan API updated brings Video Extensions for Accelerated H.264 and H.265 Encode gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/vulk…
#Vulkan #FOSS #OpenSource
Vulkan API updated brings Video Extensions for Accelerated H.264 and H.265 Encode
The Khronos Group have announced the release of the Vulkan 1.3.274 API, which brings with it the finalized extensions for encoding and decoding of video streams using a variety of video coding standards.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Wine 9.0 Release Candidate 2 now available, plus VKD3D-Proton 2.11.1 out now gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/wine…
Wine 9.0 Release Candidate 2 now available, plus VKD3D-Proton 2.11.1 out now
We're reaching the end-game now Wine fans, the time for Wine 9.0 to release is quickly approaching with a second Release Candidate now available. Plus VKD3D-Proton also had a small update recently too!Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK hits Vulkan 1.0 conformance gamingonlinux.com/2023/11/open…
Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK hits Vulkan 1.0 conformance
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.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Squadron 42 finally 'feature complete', CIG talk up Vulkan support for Star Citizen gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/squa…
Squadron 42 finally 'feature complete', CIG talk up Vulkan support for Star Citizen
It's been a long road getting here but it seems we're inching closer to Cloud Imperium Games actually releasing Squadron 42, their cinematic single-player space adventure set in the Star Citizen universe.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Blender enables Vulkan as an experimental option gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/blen…
#FOSS #Vulkan #OpenSource #Blender
Blender enables Vulkan as an experimental option
Some fun news for Blender fans, as their work to bring up Vulkan support in the project has hit a big new milestone with support now enabled but it's still experimental for now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa getting Vulkan performance upgrades for submission merging gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/mesa…
Mesa getting Vulkan performance upgrades for submission merging
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.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra adds Vulkan support gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/nint…
Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra adds Vulkan support
Nintendo 3DS emulation is about to get a whole lot better, as Citra now has Vulkan support bringing better performance for players.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
VKDoom is a ZDoom-based source port with a focus on Vulkan gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/vkdo…
VKDoom is a ZDoom-based source port with a focus on Vulkan
Well this is pretty fun to see! The ZDoom / GZDoom family is expanding with VKDoom, a new sort-port that has a focus on expanded Vulkan support and modern rendering.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux mod adds Vulkan and DirectX 12 support gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/amne…
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Redux mod adds Vulkan and DirectX 12 support
Well this is quite fun to see. Amnesia: The Dark Descent has gained a Redux mod that rebuilds the graphics engine behind the game to provide Vulkan on Linux and DirectX 12 on Windows.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
AMD RADV Ray Tracing to potentially get much faster on Linux
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.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NVK the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA merged into Mesa
Well, it happened! The open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs named NVK has been officially merged into Mesa.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
