Neowin News Feed for: Dxvk

Microsoft's Windows 11 performance tips are helping Intel in a bit unexpected way

Sayan Sen — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:40:01 +0000

Microsoft's recent gaming performance boost tips may be helping Intel in a bit of an unexpected way. Thanks to those disabled security features, Intel Arc is seeing a significant improvement. Read more...

Portal: Companion Collection for Switch is a marketing masterstroke for Steam Deck

Dean Howell — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:36:01 +0000

Valve is absolutely executing on its marketing this time. When Steam OS, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller launched in 2015, the gaming public were confused. Not this time around. Read more...

DXVK gets God of War improvements ahead of Steam Deck launch

Dean Howell — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:34:02 +0000

Ahead of next month's Steam Deck launch, DXVK gets a performance boost and support for DLSS in God of War. DXVK is the software that translates DirectX 9, 10, and 11 calls to the Vulkan API. Read more...

Portal 2 becomes the first Steam Deck Verified game

Dean Howell — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:36:01 +0000

Back in October, Valve introduced the Steam Deck Verified program, which aims to present useful glyphs on their store and in your library that indicate how well a game will run on Steam OS 3.0. Read more...

80% of Steam's top 100 games now work on Linux

Dean Howell — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:48:01 +0000

Proton has made enormous strides toward game compatibility through advances in related technologies like DXVK, which enable DirectX 9, 10, and 11 games to run through the Vulkan API. Read more...

Amazon looking to stream Windows games on Luna via Linux

Dean Howell — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:50:01 +0000

According to a job listing, Amazon is looking to hire engineers proficient with DXVK, Wine (Proton), and Mesa in order to enable streaming Windows games on its Luna cloud gaming platform via Linux. Read more...