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Open-Source Radeon Vulkan Driver "RADV" Demonstrated On Windows
Last week at the X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC2024) in Montreal there was a talk showcasing Mesa's open-source Radeon 'RADV' Vulkan driver running atop Windows 11.
Last week at the X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC2024) in Montreal there was a talk showcasing Mesa's open-source Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver running atop Windows 11. As covered a few months ago on Phoronix, Faith Ekstrand of Collabora has been experimenting with the RADV Vulkan driver on Windows. As far as why bother getting RADV on Windows, Ekstrand argues that it's beneficial for showcasing Mesa support on Windows, "RADV is better than AMD's Vulkan driver" with more features and better performance, and that game developers can enjoy the open-source nature of the driver to benefit debugging.
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