NVIDIA 396.18.02 Vulkan Linux Beta Brings Better Shader Performance

[phoronix]

Phoronix: NVIDIA 396.18.02 Vulkan Linux Beta Brings Better Shader Performance

Last week NVIDIA released their first 396 Linux driver beta that most notably introduces their new "NVVM" Vulkan SPIR-V compiler. Coming out today is a new Vulkan beta update with some continued enhancements...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NVIDIA-396.18.02-Linux-Beta

[humbug]

Good stuff.
Nvidia leads the way on Linux Vulkan performance.

[cl333r]

Good stuff.
Nvidia leads the way on Linux Vulkan performance.

This will trigger many open source aficionados

[theriddick]

Yep but its only something like %15 better vulkan performance on NVIDIA atm, it use to be allot more but AMD is making progress. I'm waiting for a 1080ti beater before going back to AMD for the GPU side of things (and ITX form factor options).

[Helios747]

Good stuff.
Nvidia leads the way on Linux Vulkan performance.

Bravest post you could make on this forum. I mean, you're not wrong. But, braveeeee

[smitty3268]

Bravest post you could make on this forum. I mean, you're not wrong. But, braveeeee

2 days now and there's been a total of 3 posts all agreeing. So, apparently not that brave.

[Stefem]

2 days now and there's been a total of 3 posts all agreeing. So, apparently not that brave.

Just because NVIDIA haters does,t like that kind of news