Proton Experimental prepares for NVIDIA DLSS, optional NVAPI and more game fixes
Valve and CodeWeavers have released another fresh Proton Experimental build for testing upcoming features of the Proton compatibility layer for Linux gaming with Steam Play. As the headline says, DLSS is coming to Proton! This was announced by NVIDIA only recently, which is quite exciting! Nice to see Proton itself already preparing everything needed, with a new NVIDIA driver (470) coming sometime soon. Proton Experimental for June 2, 2021 pulls in these changes: Improved GPU device selection. Optionally support Nvidia's NVAPI GPU support library. It is disabled by default and can be enabled with `PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1`. Prepare for Nvidia's upcoming DLSS support. Update to recent DXVK and vkd3d-proton. Better support for Xbox controllers in some Unity games. Fix Splitgate: Arena Warfare hangs and multiplayer performance issues. If you're not clear on what Proton and Steam Play are, be sure to check out our constantly updated dedicated page. It's a special compatibility layer for running Windows games and apps from Steam on Linux. Proton Experimental gets new features and fixes first before they roll out into normal Proton releases. Need to know how to actually use Proton Experimental? Here's a simple HOWTO (as it's not complicated!). Make sure it's installed by searching for it in your Steam Library, then select it from the Compatibility menu in the Properties section of a game. See our quick video below: The full Proton and Proton Experimental changelog can be seen on GitHub.Article from GamingOnLinux.com - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.
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Valve and CodeWeavers have released another fresh Proton Experimental build for testing upcoming features of the Proton compatibility layer for Linux gaming with Steam Play.
As the headline says, DLSS is coming to Proton! This was announced by NVIDIA only recently, which is quite exciting! Nice to see Proton itself already preparing everything needed, with a new NVIDIA driver (470) coming sometime soon.
Proton Experimental for June 2, 2021 pulls in these changes:
- Improved GPU device selection.
- Optionally support Nvidia's NVAPI GPU support library. It is disabled by default and can be enabled with `PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1`.
- Prepare for Nvidia's upcoming DLSS support.
- Update to recent DXVK and vkd3d-proton.
- Better support for Xbox controllers in some Unity games.
- Fix Splitgate: Arena Warfare hangs and multiplayer performance issues.
If you're not clear on what Proton and Steam Play are, be sure to check out our constantly updated dedicated page. It's a special compatibility layer for running Windows games and apps from Steam on Linux. Proton Experimental gets new features and fixes first before they roll out into normal Proton releases.
Need to know how to actually use Proton Experimental? Here's a simple HOWTO (as it's not complicated!). Make sure it's installed by searching for it in your Steam Library, then select it from the Compatibility menu in the Properties section of a game. See our quick video below:
The full Proton and Proton Experimental changelog can be seen on GitHub.
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