NVIDIA 396.54 Linux driver brings +-25% performance increase in non fresh start-up scenarios

https://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=26767

Yesterday NVIDIA released the 396.54 Linux driver update and while from being another point release might feel like a mundane update hot on the heels of the GeForce RTX 2070/2080 series debut, it’s actually a significant driver update for Linux gamers.

As mentioned in yesterday’s article, the 396.54 was released to fix a resource leak that had been existent going back to the 390 series driver. This resource leak could lead to lower performance after several OpenGL or Vulkan applications have started/stopped on the system…

Looking at the benchmark figures I would really recommend any NVIDIA on Linux users to install this update as the difference is immense!

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5 days

Gonna wait till the Vulkan drivers get this fix. The Vulkan drivers were always ahead in terms of bleeding edge Vulkan stuff, so they backport fixes to them a few days after a main driver release.