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Graphics Driver Changes Begin Lining Up For Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Fri, 01/28/2022 - 04:44
The first set of feature updates have been submitted to DRM-Next for staging until the Linux 5.18 kernel cycle begins around the end of March...

Open 3D Game Engine 2111.2 Released

Phoronix - Fri, 01/28/2022 - 03:04
In addition to closing in on the Godot 4.0 release, another equally exciting effort in the open-source game engine space is the Open 3D Engine originally from the Amazon Lumberyard code and backed by the Linux Foundation and other organizations. Open 3D Engine 2111.2 is out today as the newest stable point release for this less than one year old open-source game engine effort...

Intel's Vulkan 1.3 Support All Ready For Mesa 22.0

Phoronix - Fri, 01/28/2022 - 02:45
As expected, Intel's open-source "ANV" driver is ready to go with Vulkan 1.3 for Mesa 22.0...

Intel Core i9 12900K P-State Governor Performance On Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 01/27/2022 - 22:24
Since Intel's Alder Lake launch one of the test requests to come in a few times has been about the Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling driver and how its performance differs with the various governor choices available for altering the CPU frequency scaling behavior. Now that Linux 5.16 stable is out and running in good shape on Alder Lake, here are some Core i9 12900K benchmarks looking at various CPU frequency scaling choices and their impact on raw performance as well as CPU thermals and power consumption.

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