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NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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This update, among other things, adds support for VK_EXT_descriptor_heap, which should bring significant performance boost to Nvidia cards, once it's properly implemented.

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[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow an expectation of future vague performance improvements is exciting indeed!

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Vulkan developers said last year that this is the single biggest bottleneck on Nvidia cards that they are aware of. Of course, the final performance improvement can only be known once it is properly implemented, but their guestimation is that it should bring the performance much closer to Windows performance.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I already get better frame rates on Linux than I did on Windows. But I won't complain about more of them