Neowin News Feed for: Vulkan

Minecraft Java Edition is upgrading to Vulkan, but it's not great news for mods

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:54:01 +0000

Mojang warned that many popular mods will be affected by this change and wants to help mod authors port over their work. Read more...

Valve updates Steam client with better performance, new customization tab, and more

David Uzondu — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:24:01 +0000

A new Steam Client update has arrived, bringing the usual bug fixes along with a new customization tab in the library and more improvements. Read more...

Windows slows Zed's development as platform differences bite

Usama Jawad — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:46:01 +0000

The co-founder of Zed code editor has lamented the difficulties in building the native Rust-based application in Windows. Read more...

Blender 4.5 LTS brings bad news for Intel Mac users, improves Vulkan support

David Uzondu — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:42:01 +0000

Blender 4.5 LTS is now available for download, packed with new features, enhancements, and a few deprecations. Read more...

Wine 10.9 released bringing EGL support for all graphic drivers and several bug fixes

David Uzondu — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:36:01 +0000

The latest Wine release, version 10.9, introduces EGL support across all graphics drivers, brings an updated vkd3d version, and includes several bug fixes. Read more...

Leaked Geekbench Nvidia 5090 performance vs 4090 is both impressive and disappointing

Sayan Sen — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:24:01 +0000

Geekbench scores of Nvidia's new flagship, the RTX 5090, have leaked, and they show a mixed bag of performance. Read more...

AMD 24.10.1 Windows WHQL driver adds Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 optimization, and more

Sayan Sen — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:36:01 +0000

AMD's latest Windows driver is WHQL certified and adds support for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and more. Read more...

AMD 24.10.37.10 non-WHQL driver is out with Anti-Lag 2 Vulkan support for Counter-Strike 2

Taras Buria — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:12:01 +0000

AMD has released a new non-WHQL driver with Radeon Anti-Lag 2 Vulkan support in Counter-Strike 2 and a couple of patches for Black Myth: Wukong and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Read more...

Windows Subsystem for Android Preview gets Vulkan API support in latest preview

Taras Buria — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 07:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new feature update preview for Windows Subsystem for Android powering Android apps on Windows 11. Version 2307 adds Vulkan API support alongside other improvements. Read more...

Linux AMD Ryzen users can rejoice as testing shows massive performance gains over the years

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 08:28:01 +0000

Linux users who run AMD Ryzen systems can be very happy today. Latest testing data shows that the newer Linux platform is showing very significant performance gains over the last few years. Read more...

AMD fixes major Windows 11 22H2 bug that led to launch failures with 23.1.2 driver

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 20:34:02 +0000

AMD has released its latest Windows driver, version 23.1.2, today. It resolves a major bug on Windows 11 22H2, that would lead to launch failures. The driver also adds Forspoken support. Read more...

Intel wants to convince Arc is the real deal, shows off 50 games in DX12/Vulkan vs RTX 3060

Sayan Sen — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:10:02 +0000

Intel has shared more gaming benchmarks for its Arc A750 graphics card. Unlike the measly five-game benchmark data it gave away last time, the company has now included 10 times more benchmarks. Read more...

AMD's Windows 11 22H2 WDDM 3.1 driver finally fixes Radeon's poor OpenGL performance

Sayan Sen — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 13:40:02 +0000

AMD's upcoming Windows 11 22H2 driver based on WDDM 3.1 will finally optimize the performance of OpenGL applications on Radeon GPUs, something which has been a problem for a very long time. Read more...

DirectX 12 support is infiltrating Linux under the radar

Dean Howell — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:02:01 +0000

Jesse Natalie, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, is working on adding and improving D3D12 compute support in OpenGL through Mesa and hints that future enhancements are in the pipeline. Read more...

AMD Radeon 21.9.1 driver has support for Windows 11, Deathloop, and much more

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:16:01 +0000

AMD's latest driver is packed with new features including Auto Overclocking for all-AMD systems, Windows 11 support, Smart Access Memory for older generation graphics cards, and much more. Read more...

AMD Radeon 21.7.2 driver adds support for Chernobylite and more Vulkan extensions

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:54:02 +0000

AMD's latest driver release for its graphics cards, Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.7.2, brings along support for today's Chernobylite launch out of early access, bug fixes, and more. Read more...

AMD 21.6.2 driver brings support for ray tracing on Doom Eternal, new Vulkan extensions

Sayan Sen — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:18:01 +0000

AMD has released the latest Radeon Software driver version 21.6.2. The update brings support for Doom Eternal that recently got the RTX and DLSS update. It also adds new Vulkan extensions, and more. Read more...

Blender 2021 roadmap released, Vulkan integration is coming this year

Sayan Sen — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:44:01 +0000

The Blender team has unveiled its roadmap for the year 2021. It outlines several improvements the team plans for the year ahead. Among these, most notably, is the integration of Vulkan API support Read more...

Google is no longer recommending RenderScript for performance-critical tasks

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:34:01 +0000

Google has announced that it is deprecating the legacy RenderScript API with Android 12. While it will still be available, developers are recommended to migrate to the newer Vulkan API. Read more...

Vulkan 1.2.175 specification brings provisional 'Vulkan Video' extensions

Sayan Sen — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:44:01 +0000

The Khronos Group has released the latest Vulkan specification 1.2.175. Among many of the new changes is the notable addition of the provisional extensions for the upcoming 'Vulkan Video' API. Read more...

Nvidia 460.89 WHQL driver lands with Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions support

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:10:01 +0000

Nvidia's latest GeForce Game Ready 460.89 WHQL driver comes carrying support for the new Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions, the Quake II RTX v1.4.0 update, and CUDA 11.2. No bug fixes are here this time. Read more...

AMD Radeon 20.11.3 driver has support for Immortals Fenyx Rising and Vulkan Ray Tracing

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:30:01 +0000

The final driver release of November by AMD brings with it support for Ubisoft's latest title Immortals Fenyx Rising, and the Khronos Group's newly available Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions. Read more...

LibreOffice 7.0 launched with OpenDocument Format 1.3 support

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:26:01 +0000

The Document Foundation has announced the launch of LibreOffice 7.0. The new release improves Microsoft Office compatibility, adds Skia and Vulkan support, and handles ODF 1.3 files. Read more...

Rainbow Six Siege is gaining Vulkan API support soon for improved performance

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:38:02 +0000

Ubisoft has announced that its popular tactical shooter game Rainbow Six Siege is soon receiving Vulkan API support as an alternative to DirectX 11. This is aimed at improving graphics performance. Read more...

Cemu emulator 1.16.0c publicly released, brings Vulkan support

Sayan Sen — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:26:01 +0000

Vulkan has been added to Cemu with this new release version 1.16.0. The change is said to improve AMD Radeon and Intel graphics performance. The update also brings several other improvements. Read more...

ReShade 4.5.0 brings improved Vulkan and DirectX 12 support, and much more

Sayan Sen — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 16:02:02 +0000

A new ReShade update, namely version 4.5.0 is out, with a heap of changes. Most notably, it brings improvements to DirectX 12 and Vulkan performance, as well as GUI upgrades, and so much more. Read more...

Nvidia outs Hotfix driver 441.34 to address Red Dead Redemption 2 hanging on many-core CPUs

Sayan Sen — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 08:14:01 +0000

Nvidia has released a new hotfix driver 441.34. This update addresses a couple of issues in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider when using the newer Vulkan and DX12 APIs, respectively. Read more...

Vulkan driver optimizations can now be applied at the game engine level for common bugs

Sayan Sen — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 17:24:01 +0000

Thanks to this update to DRIconf, Radeon and Intel Vulkan drivers can now access game engine details which should allow for easier workarounds in case of a common game engine defect. Read more...

AMD Radeon 19.6.2 driver brings in further Vulkan extensions support

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:18:01 +0000

AMD's new Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.6.2 driver doesn't list support for any new games, but does deliver support for several Vulkan graphics API extensions alongside bug fixes. Read more...

Nvidia 430.64 WHQL Game Ready driver optimizes for RAGE 2 and more

Vishal Laul — Thu, 09 May 2019 20:58:01 +0000

Nvidia today released its Game Ready 430.64 WHQL drivers bringing a few security updates and game optimizations for RAGE 2, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and World War Z with Vulkan. Read more...

No Man's Sky on PC receives Vulkan API support, gaining performance improvements

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:50:01 +0000

Hello Games has implemented the Vulkan graphics API to its space adventure title No Man's Sky, offering performance boosts. AMD graphics card owners will see the biggest improvements. Read more...

Valve makes Windows games playable on Linux with new version of Steam Play

Vishal Laul — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:18:01 +0000

Valve today announced a new version of Steam Play, introducing a new compatibility layer allowing players on Linux to play Windows-only titles. The feature is currently in beta with limited support. Read more...

Apple could be clamping down on MoltenVK, Vulkan-Metal hybrid [Update]

Paul Hill — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 13:58:01 +0000

An unnamed indie studio said it had its app rejected by Apple for calling non-public APIs. The app is built using MoltenVK which calls Metal APIs to run more advanced graphics inside the app. Read more...

Valve re-affirms commitment to SteamOS and Linux after hiding Steam Machines from store

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:50:01 +0000

Valve commented on the recent removal of Steam Machines from the navigation menus on its website. The firm said that the page was only receiving a low amount of traffic so it decided to delist it. Read more...

MoltenVK, popular Vulkan development tool for macOS, goes open-source

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:34:01 +0000

For developers looking to make use of Vulkan on Apple platforms, options have been quite limited; however, thanks to a deal made by Valve, popular tools have been made free to use. Read more...

Vulkan support added to massive-scale RTS, Ashes of the Singularity

Brad Wardell — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:06:02 +0000

Stardock has released a new update to its popular real-time strategy game, Ashes of the Singularity to add new features, maps and support for the new graphics API, Vulkan. Read more...

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation v2.4 major update, free DLC, and Vulkan support

Steven Parker — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:00:01 +0000

Stardock has announced version 2.4 of Ashes of the Singularity. The 'Escalation' update improves the UI, enhances the balance, and refines the campaign mode. It also packs support for the Vulkan API. Read more...

Star Citizen plans to drop DirectX and exclusively use Vulkan graphics API

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:30:01 +0000

The studio behind Star Citizen has revealed that they plan on using the Vulkan API going forward, effectively dropping support for DirectX 11, as well as previous intentions of using DirectX 12. Read more...

Vulkan enables 'revolutionary' Nintendo 64 emulator

Paul Hill — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:36:01 +0000

The libretro API has been updated to work with Vulkan instead of High-Level Emulation RDP, meaning N64 games will now work much faster under emulation. Libretro powers builds of Mupen64plus HW. Read more...

DOTA 2 to get Vulkan support next week

Paul Hill — Thu, 19 May 2016 10:44:01 +0000

Valve's hugely popular DOTA 2 is due to receive an update next week which will bring support for the newly released Vulkan API. The Vulkan API is better suited to run over multiple cores than OpenGL. Read more...