Valve Working On Explicit Sync Support For "NVK" NVIDIA Vulkan Driver

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Valve Working On Explicit Sync Support For "NVK" NVIDIA Vulkan Driver

In addition to all of the contributions Valve graphics engineers have been making to the open-source Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver, they have also begun investing in improvements to the open-source Mesa NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver too. With pending patches there is now explicit GPU synchronization support working for the NVK driver in conjunction with their Gamescope compositor...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Explicit-Sync-Valve

[M.Bahr]

Wise move to take matters into the own hands once again.

[edxposed]

This means Intel is totally screwed.

[pharmasolin]

This means Intel is totally screwed.

Intel is not an option for a gaming.

[and.elf]

Intel is not an option for a gaming.

What? Sure they are. A750 now performs at the same level as rx7600 and 4070 in many tasks, while being cheaper, though at a bit higher power draw.

[Mthw]

A750 now performs at the same level as ... 4070.

4070? Are you sure? It's about 2 - 3x faster.

[ptr1337]

Will this also work with KDE?

Maybe I need to test it...

[ptr1337]

Just tested. Compiled mesa-git + kernel with the mentioned patches and it works without problems.
See:
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Edit: Oh well. Had after around 3 minutes in desktop a hard freeze, after reboot it did not show anything on the screen anymore. Just black.
Reverting to nvidia driver x)

[schmidtbag]

Makes me wonder if we're going to see a Tegra-based Steam Deck in the future.

[ezst036]

Whatever happened to Nvidia's R515 open source driver line?