Significant Performance Boost for RADV Driver with AMD FSR2 Sample
Overview of the Major Fix
On November 1, 2024, in an exciting development for the gaming and tech community, Valve engineer Samuel Pitoiset announced a crucial performance fix for the RADV driver within the Mesa framework, specifically tailored for the AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 (FSR2) sample application. This enhancement promises to address the considerable performance gap that has existed when comparing RADV against the AMDVLK/AMDGPU-PRO official Vulkan driver.
Historical Context
The performance issues were initially highlighted in a two-year-old bug report, which pointed out that the RADV driver consistently performed