Whereas work is ongoing to offer model new Intel Xe Vulkan drivers on Linux with their newer driver, work remains to be taking place to enhance the present driver.
Merged just lately is assist for Sparse Binding on the i915 driver, which is required by vkd3d-proton to assist Direct3D 12 options to run loads of trendy video games together with (in response to this function request) the likes of DEATHLOOP, DIRT 5, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Murderer’s Creed: Valhalla, Forza Horizon 4 and 5 and little doubt a lot extra.
So when Mesa 24.0 releases, customers of Intel GPUs ought to hopefully get a a lot better gaming expertise with the i915 driver capable of run many extra video games with Proton. Mesa 24.0 is not due till early 2024, with Mesa 23.3 due this month.
Ultimately too when the newer Xe driver (extra on that right here) is totally upstreamed, Intel GPU gaming on Linux is likely to be even higher with a correctly trendy system.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
