Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The branching of Mesa 26.0, originally anticipated for last week, was delayed until today, January 21, 2026. This postponement allowed for the integration of several performance optimizations into the...
Read more →A new merge request for Mesa's Radeon Vulkan driver (RADV) was opened today, January 15, 2026, by Valve contractor Natalie Vock. This update provides a significant boost for Vulkan ray-tracing perform...
Read more →A significant ray-tracing performance improvement for AMD's RADV Vulkan driver has been merged into Mesa 26.0. This update, which was initially covered earlier this week, is specifically aimed at enha...
Read more →Phoronix today published final benchmarks comparing the open-source Mesa.">RADV Mesa Vulkan driver against the now-defunct proprietary AMDVLK driver. Earlier this year, AMD ceased development of AMDVLK, drop...
Read more →Phoronix benchmarking conducted for year-end comparisons indicates substantial performance improvements for Radeon RADV Vulkan ray-tracing on RDNA 4 GPUs throughout 2025. These tests specifically focu...
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