Linux Graphics & Gaming News
The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver, RADV, recently gained protected memory support. This new capability, implemented by AMD engineers, leverages AMD's Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) technology. The integration ...
Read more →A Valve developer recently merged initial support for AMD's GFX11.7 GPU target into the open-source Linux graphics stack. These changes specifically landed in the Mesa project's RADV Vulkan driver and...
Read more →Mesa developers posted patches this week to enable support for AMD's GFX11.7 "RDNA 4m" graphics hardware within the RADV Vulkan driver and RadeonSI Gallium3D OpenGL driver. This integration provides c...
Read more →Mesa 26.0, the latest iteration of the open-source graphics stack, was released today, March 17, 2026. This major update delivers new features and improvements across its suite of integrated graphics ...
Read more →The Mesa 26.0 open-source graphics stack was released today as a major update. This version introduces new features and improvements across its integrated graphics drivers. Key highlights include Kosm...
Read more →Goverlay 1.7.4 has been recently released, bringing several updates for Linux gaming. A key addition is OptiScaler that exposes DLSS/DLSS-FG inputs without DXGI spoofing.">OptiPatcher support, an ASI Plugin for OptiScaler that allows exposing DLSS and DLSS Frame Gener...
Read more →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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