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More Driver CPU Overhead Work Being Tackled By Valve Developers
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Originally posted by microcode View Post
For what it's worth, there's basically no legal or technical reason they couldn't ship Mesa on Windows (it'd be a bit of work getting it integrated with the platform, adapting the kernel driver, and getting the WGL implementation up to scratch though).
As far as I'm aware, everything is licensed permissively (MIT, Khronos, or Boost).
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Originally posted by humbug View PostI assume that now Mesa openGL is already faster than Windows Crimson drivers OpenGL.
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Originally posted by humbug View PostThe last one year Valve is investing like crazy into AMD's linux ecosystem. I wonder if they have some special plans to launch AMD ryzen+Vega based steam machines.
Or it's just the fact that since this stuff is open source they can help out...
When a Valve developer works with an NVidia card, he is working with a black box over which he has no control. Sure, he can ask NVidia to implement a specific thing, but ultimately NVidia can do whatever they want.
When a Valve developer works with an AMD card, he can check what the code does throughout the entire stack, profile it and implement + test the code that fixes the problem or enhances performance and submit it upstream.
Which of the two scenarios is the more palatable one to someone wanting to build a platform and a product? Hint: It's not the NVidia scenario.
And yes, this likely implies that any official Steam Boxes in the pipeline will feature AMD hardware.
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Valve is really committed to Steam OS/Steam boxes and that means that it needs to have drivers that can handle what the game developers/porters need.
Originally posted by ShFil View PostStill wondering why amd doesn't sell license for small GCN to arm manufactures.
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Originally posted by mibo View PostI think Valve is not so much interested in fps but rather in low latency to get a good VR experience from AMD/MESA.
With Ubuntu moving back to Gnome/Wayland, I would not at all be surprised to see them move Brewmaster back from Debian.
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