Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance
Valve developer Natalie Vock has implemented improvements to VRAM management on Linux for AMD GPUs, which is expected to significantly boost gaming performance, especially on systems with 8GB of VRAM or less. The work involves kernel patches and utilities to prioritize game memory usage over background applications, potentially benefiting Intel Xe GPUs and seeing patches for NVIDIA's nouveau driver as well.
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