14 DAY TRIAL // Nvidia released a new version of its Vulkan graphics driver for both GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems adding support for new Vulkan and OpenGL extensions, as well as various performance improvements and bug fixes.
Nvidia 381.10.10 Linux and Nvidia 382.68 Windows Vulkan drivers are now available, and they come improved interoperability with the latest Vulkan API by adding support for the VK_EXT_blend_operation_advanced and VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples extensions.
Suppport for the OpenGL API was improved as well in this release, which comes built-in with the GL_EXT_memory_object, GL_EXT_memory_object_win32, and GL_EXT_semaphore_fd extensions, GL_EXT_semaphore_win32, GL_EXT_memory_object_fd, GL_EXT_semaphore, and GL_EXT_win32_keyed_mutex new extensions.
Additionally, the new Vulkan drivers update the VulkanRT loader to version 1.0.51.0, address various bug and issues that have been reported by users lately or discovered by the Nvidia Vulkan team, and adds an extra layer of performance improvements that should bring more stability to our Linux and Windows gaming when using the latest Vulkan APIs.
While Nvidia offers its Vulkan graphics driver for Windows 8 and Windows 10 operating systems on both 64-bit and 32-bit architectures, they provide Linux binaries for numerous GNU/Linux distributions, also supporting 32-bit and 64-bit computers. With this driver, Nvidia provides full Vulkan support and functionality on a wide range of Kepler, Pascal, or Maxwell-based GeForce and Quadro graphics cards.
Download Nvidia 381.10.10 Vulkan driver for Linux and Nvidia 382.68 for Windows.