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Vulkan vs. OpenGL Performance For Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Phoronix - Thu, 12/16/2021 - 05:00
Valve yesterday introduced experimental Vulkan support for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive as an alternative to the long-standing OpenGL path for running CS:GO on Linux. Curious about the performance implications of CS:GO with Vulkan, here are some benchmarks on Ubuntu Linux with a variety of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards.

Intel CM Compiler Updated For New Platforms, Including Ponte Vecchio "XT"

Phoronix - Thu, 12/16/2021 - 04:17
Intel's CM Compiler for their "C for Metal" programming language has been updated for various new GPU targets, including not only Xe HPC "Ponte Vecchio" but also a Ponte Vecchio XT variant...

X.Org Server 21.1.2 Released With Security Fixes, Back To Pretending All Displays Are 96 DPI

Phoronix - Thu, 12/16/2021 - 02:54
Following yesterday's disclosure of four new X.Org Server security vulnerabilities that could lead to local privilege escalation, X.Org Server 21.1.2 is now available with those security fixes plus other changes...

Intel Posts "GSC" Linux Driver To Enable HDCP Media Protection For Discrete GPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 12/15/2021 - 22:19
Intel Linux engineers have posted a new set of patches enabling the Graphics Security Controller "GSC" support under Linux as a chassis controller for discrete graphics cards...

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