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Mesa 24.1 Lands Support For GFX11.5.1 "RDNA3 Refresh" Variant

Phoronix - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 19:57
When it comes to the AMD "RDNA3 Refresh" GFX11.5 open-source driver support, to date it's mostly been focused on the GFX 11.5.0 (GFX1150) IP while now being enabled within Mesa 24.1 for the open-source RadeonSI/RADV drivers is support for a GFX 11.5.1 (GFX1151) variant...

Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Descriptor Buffer Support To Reduce Linux Gaming CPU Overhead

Phoronix - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 19:42
The VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer extension was made public in November 2022 with Vulkan 1.3.235 while finally this past week Intel's open-source Mesa "ANV" driver has merged support for this extension. This Vulkan extension is important for Linux gaming and other scenarios to lower CPU overhead...

Arch Linux's Pacman 6.1 Released With Cache Server Support

Phoronix - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 19:32
It was two years since the release of Pacman 6.0 as Arch Linux's package manager software while overnight Pacman 6.1 was released with a tag line "it's been a while..." With Pacman 6.1 comes a few new features...

LACT 0.5.3 Released For Managing AMD Graphics Cards Under Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 19:18
With the absence of any official AMD Radeon graphics control panel / settings GUI for Linux enthusiasts/gamers, there are several open-source projects striving to be a viable Radeon GUI control area for Linux gamers/enthusiasts. LACT 0.5.3 was released this weekend as the newest version of this option for AMD Radeon information reporting, GPU overclocking, fan control, power/thermal monitoring, and additional power state configurations...

Updated AMDGPU VCN Firmware Fixes VP9 Decoding Issues

Phoronix - Mon, 03/04/2024 - 19:04
For those that have experienced glitches while playing back VP9 video content using AMD's Video Core Next (VCN) for GPU acceleration, updated firmware should fix those VP9 decode problems...

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