Intel optimized the free graphics driver for Linux and thus also improved the gaming performance of the Arc A770, A750, A380 graphics cards and their first-generation Intel Xe HPG (“Alchemist”) mobile derivatives in terms of frames per second by up to 11 percent. The improvements are currently being incorporated into Mesa 23.2, the next major release of the open source Mesa 3D graphics stack.
More gaming performance on Linux
how tom devices I first mentioned that gamers who own an Intel Arc A770, Arc A750, or Arc A380 and run it on Linux should get a worthwhile boost in frame rates with the latest optimizations and bug fixes for the open source Intel graphics software. These changes flow directly into the latest Mesa code and will be an integral part of the release of Mesa 3D v23.2. currently Mesa v23.1.3 From 22 June.
11% more fps in CS: GO
Francisco Jerez, an open source graphics driver developer at the currently ailing chip giant Intel, discussed and commented on the relevant code change on the GitLab developer platform. According to Jerez, some features that should be enabled by default were accidentally disabled by the Linux kernel. Gaming performance in particular should benefit from releasing some hand brakes.
More gaming performance*
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: +11 percent fps
- GFXBench 5.0 (“AztecRuins”): +6.5 percent fps
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider: +5.5% fps
*) All measurements were done on an Intel Arc A770.
Intel is also fixing several issues with the “Enable compressible partial write merge”, “Enable coherent partial write merge” and “Enable cross partial write merge” bits, and is also incorporating other minor bug fixes and improvements into the graphics driver. But not only the benefits of Arc.
Intel Meteor Lake also benefits from the new driver
With its open source graphics driver update, Intel is correcting significant code errors that affected performance, laying the groundwork for a good start for its Meteor Lake integrated graphics units, which the Intel Xe HPG (“Alchemist”) will also be based on. Arc graphics cards and Arc iGPUs are already benefiting from the improvements today.
Mesa 3D 23.2 is usable as of July 12th
While the final version of Mesa 3D 23.2 doesn’t have an official release date yet, a first release candidate has already been scheduled and is due to appear on July 12th. Three more release candidates are due to follow by August 2nd before the final version is released. More interesting details are provided by 3D mesa development roadmap. At this point, stable distributions also update their repositories. Players who want to lend a hand use it mesa3d.org.
Performance improvements for Radeon and Vulkan
In addition to the improvements for Intel Arc, Valve also promises to improve Radeon and Vulkan in terms of performance with innovations corresponding to the RADV library. PCGH already reported on this topic in April this year.
Linux games are on the rise
Gamers who want to do their hobby mainly on PC no longer have to rely on Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 11 operating systems. Because free operating systems, the so-called distributions, based on the free Linux kernel operating system, have recently come close to the mainstream. Much faster, at least thanks to Valve’s efforts.
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source: tom devices
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