Nvidia and Valve are bringing DLSS to Linux

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2021-06-05 03:45:39

Linux players utilizing Valve’s Proton compatibility instrument to run Windows video games might be getting a efficiency improve sooner or later: Nvidia has introduced that it’s working with Valve to deliver FPS boosts utilizing its DLSS expertise featured on its RTX playing cards. It’s virtually sufficient to make me need to revisit Linux gaming.

DLSS, or Deep Learning Super Sampling, is a expertise that lets players get extra efficiency with out having to surrender an excessive amount of picture high quality. It does this by working the sport at lower-than-native decision (say, rendering the sport at 1080p when your monitor is 4K), however then upscaling the picture to native decision utilizing some mightily spectacular algorithms.

The tech will, in fact, be thrilling for individuals with Linux gaming computer systems, however it’s additionally fascinating contemplating the rumors of Valve making a handheld gaming gadget. We argued that DLSS might make the next-gen Switch hit method above its weight-class, and the identical could be true for a handheld PC and not using a ton of graphics horsepower, which might probably be working Linux.

While Nvidia hasn’t launched an inventory of which Proton-powered video games might be getting DLSS, there are really a stunning variety of candidates. Running Nvidia’s listing of video games that help DLSS by means of ProtonDB, a web site that lets customers report how nicely video games work when utilizing Proton, reveals {that a} good portion of DLSS-enabled video games are already engaged on Linux. That’s round 30 video games out of slightly over 50.

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