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phoronix.com › news › Vulkan-1.4.348-Released

Vulkan 1.4.348 Ships Four New Extensions - Including One To Help OpenGL Emulation

…Brings Some Hefty Performance Improvements Vulkan SC SDK Released For Safety-Critical Graphics / Compute VKD3D-Proton 3.0.1 Brings More Improvements For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan Vulkan 1.4.350 Released…

Apr 3, 2026

phoronix.com › news › Intel-ANV-Vulkan-DGC

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Supports Device Generated Commands "DGC"

…VKD3D-Proton is among the notable software since then making use of DGC. The AMD Radeon RADV driver saw its DGC support merged back in 2024 . Going back to September 2024 was…

May 6, 2026

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Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Lands Experimental Support For Descriptor Heaps

…This extension is important for improving the Steam Play (VKD3D-Proton) experience, can help reduce CPU overhead, and all around an efficiency win for modern Vulkan API usage. Intel ANV developers worked…

May 5, 2026

phoronix.com › news › xf86-video-nv-2026

Legacy NVIDIA xf86-video-nv Driver Sees First Release In Years

…For Descriptor Heaps, More Vulkan Performance Optimizations GreenBoost Memory Orchestrator For NVIDIA GPUs Introduces GreenBoost-Proton For Gaming OpenZFS 2.4.2 Released With Linux 7.0 Kernel Support, Many Bug Fixes…

Apr 26, 2026