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DXVK 2.7.1 Delivers Improved Performance For Some Direct3D 9 Titles

([Valve] 5 Hours Ago DXVK 2.7.1)


Philip Rebohle working for Valve just released DXVK 2.7.1 as the newest version of this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan API translation layer. DXVK 2.7.1 enables yet more games to correctly render now with DXVK on Linux.

DXVK 2.7.1 fixes a regression with multi-sample anti-aliasing (MSAA) for a number of Direct3D 9 games, a number of performance improvements for D3D9 games, a new "d3d9.modeCountCompatibility" configuration knob to workaround buffer overflows in older games, and a number of game-specific fixes.

DXVK 2.7.1 has targeted fixes to help a number of games including Crysis 3, Comanche 4, Alone in the Dark, Dungeon Siege 2, Fallout New Vegas, Guilty Gear, Scarface, The Witcher 1, Team Fortress 2, and other titles.

More details on the DXVK 2.7.1 update via [1]GitHub .



[1] https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v2.7.1


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New Crime Identified: "Tech Rage"

HARRISBURG, IL -- The police department in this Illinois town has coined a
new term for a growing trend in crime: "tech rage". Tech rage shares many
similarities with another modern crime, "road rage", but instead of
affecting drivers, tech rage is experienced by disgruntled computer users.

The first documented case of tech rage involves a Microsoft salesman, Bob
Glutzfield, who convinced the local TV station to "upgrade" its computer
systems from Macintosh to Wintel. While the migration seemed successful at
first, the Blue Screen became more prevalent during the following months.

Then, in January, the entire computer system crashed in the middle of the
weather forecast during the 10 o'clock evening news. Viewers could plainly
see the Blue Screen of Death showing in the monitors behind James Roland,
the chief meteorologist. The instability of Windows 98 stretched Roland's
patience until he snapped last week and succumbed to tech rage.

Roland tracked down the Microsoft salesman and followed him one evening to
his apartment. The weatherman yelled at the bewildered Microserf, "You
[expletive]! Because of you, I'm the [expletive] laughing stock of Southern
Illinois!" and then proceeded to beat him up. Roland is currently out on
bond pending trial next month.