AMD Radeon GPUs Soar with RADV Vulkan

Under Linux, MESA “RADV” Vulkan drivers significantly increase the ray tracing speed of AMD Radeon GPUs

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It seems that MESA has finally produced answers for the “mature” driver and software resource shortages

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With the newest AMD Radeon GPUs, the new Radeon Vulkan driver has been tuned to provide notable performance gains.

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Using a Radeon RX 6700 XT, Adriano Martins evaluated the modification and discovered 10~75% improved performance for a variety of ray-traced games

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The conversion of 1D ray launches to 2D has been adjusted to utilize more threads on a GPU and hence enhance speed

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Using a Radeon RX 7900 XT, Adam Niederer examined this modification further and discovered gains of up to 140–200% in titles like Chrous

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Significant performance improvements were also shown by the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, with values rising as high as 200%

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AMD has to maintain its competitiveness, although MESA seems to be ahead at the moment on Linux. Read more on Govindhetch.com

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