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