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New opengl 4.6 driver#
Navi 14 support within the RadeonSI driver (RADV had support in 19.2).
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New opengl 4.6 drivers#
Mesa 20.0 is the planned stage for switching the default drivers for Broadwell hardware and newer. Better Intel Gallium3D driver performance to the point it can nearly replace the i965 driver once some lingering bugs are worked out.RADV ACO can be enabled with the “RADV_PERFTEST=aco” environment variable. The ACO shader compiler back-end for Radeon RADV is now present for GFX8 through GFX10 Navi hardware.Initial support for Intel Tiger Lake (Gen 12) graphics, initial kernel support meanwhile in Linux 5.4.A number of new Vulkan extensions supported by Intel ANV and Radeon RADV like KHR_shader_clock, KHR_shader_float_controls, SPIR-V 1.4 support, Vulkan Memory Model, shader_subgroup_ballot / shader_subgroup_vote, and more.Various other non-core OpenGL extensions added to various drivers.OpenGL 4.6 support for Intel i965/Iris drivers now that SPIR-V support is in place.Below are some of the highlights in the official Changelog for the Mesa 19.3 update:
New opengl 4.6 update#
Apart from these improvements, the latest update for the Mesa 3D Graphics Library includes several new Vulkan extensions supported on both the Intel and Radeon drivers. The Mesa 19.3 update has added Radeon Vulkan ACO back-end, which should significantly improve gaming performance on Linux. OpenGL 4.6 for Gen12/TGL, Zink GL-on-Vulkan, ACO, many new Vulkan extensions, the Gallium3D driver is now in excellent shape + more #Mesa 19.3 Is Introducing A Lot Of #opensource Driver Improvements The latest update should significantly benefit the new Raspberry Pi 4 owing to the improvements in the way V3D handles the OpenGL ES. In this update, Zink has been merged for OpenGL on top of Vulkan. Moreover, the update also includes the initial Intel Gen12 / Tiger Lake support. There are several feature additions and improvements, but Linux desktop users are eagerly awaiting the same simply because this quarterly Mesa3D update finally has OpenGL 4.6 for Intel.
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The Mesa 19.3 is a big improvement in the Graphics Library for OpenGL / Vulkan driver implementations. Mesa 19.3 may have taken a little longer than the previous Mesa 19.2 update owing to blocker bugs, but its arrival is considered quite important by desktop PC users who prefer Linux OS for gaming. Mesa 19.3 To Arrive Before Christmas For Linux Desktop Users: Linux desktop users have been eagerly awaiting the critical component additions to the Mesa 3D Graphics Library, as the update was severely challenged and hence delayed, due to ‘blocker’ bugs. The Mesa 19.3 update could land as soon as this week itself, and experts argue it is by far the biggest or most significant improvement before the current year ends. The upcoming quarterly update to Mesa 3D Graphics Library, which brings the version to Mesa 19.3, is expected to pack a lot of benefits, including support for the latest Open Source OpenGL v4.6, and several new Vulkan extensions.