Valve has announced that the beta version of Vulkan support for Dota 2 is now available via DLC. As such, PC gamers can go ahead and download this new DLC in order to test the game with this new high-efficiency cross-platform graphics API for modern GPUs.
Valve has provided the following technical notes in case you encounter any issues:
Technical notes:
* Please make sure to opt-in to the Steam Client Beta for the latest Steam Vulkan Overlay (fixes performance issue with Steam Overlay).
* Enable with the -vulkan launch option after downloading the Vulkan Beta DLC. Remove -dx9/-dx11/-gl (if present) from any previous launch options.Minimum requirements:
– Windows 7/8/10 64-bit: NVIDIA 600-series+ (365.19+ driver), AMD 7700+ (Crimson 16.5.2.1+ driver)
– Linux 64-bit: NVIDIA 600-series+ (364.16+ driver), AMD GCN 1.2 (16.20.3 driver)
– 2GB of GPU memory required – may experience crashes with < 2GB of GPU memory.* The first time you run with Vulkan you may experience short stutters while the engine caches shaders on disk. After playing through or watching a match, these stutters should go away.
* There is a known issue on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs where tearing can be observed even when vertical sync is enabled. NVIDIA is aware of the issue and it will be fixed in the future through a driver update.
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Even though I don’t play Dota 2, I’ll install it this time to test it.
whats the point its a top down game…lol
from 70-90 FPS to 110-144 (capped at 144) with old cpu.
its an old as* top down game..lol
Which was just recently ported to a brand-new engine known as Source 2.
So, yeah. “Old.”
years old in pc terms thats old..lol
July 9, 2013 rellease date
Open beta testing for Dota 2 Reborn started on June 17, 2015. Dota 2 Reborn was released with the September 09, 2015
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I suppose a game that’s been out for three years would seem quite old when you’ve not had your tenth birthday yet.
Don’t worry, Hvd is an idiot. All he does is go around trolling and
insulting people. He brings up ideas that are stupid or have no factual
backing. His mind is like that of a child’s before they learn object
permanence..
all you are is a troll who got shown up and all you can do now is respond to every post i have mad and do nothing but fuc*in* troll you are worse then a 5yr old grow up and stfu and stop trolling over and over with the same
The world doesn’t end at 1080p 60 fps… you call this old, even tho the game packs amazing effects on heroes ultimates, and its very common in late game of a moba to go 5 vs 5 and 10 ult at the same time. But… i guess you never watched a replay of dota with the full control camera in the game engine. Peasants…
Don’t worry, Hvd is an idiot. All he does is go around trolling and
insulting people. He brings up ideas that are stupid or have no factual
backing. His mind is like that of a child’s before they learn object
permanence.
NICE. whats the CPU?
i7 2600k
Got some age to it and still performing well, even better with vulkan, good to see.
To increase performance… lol?
Crysis was horribly threaded.
DOTA 2 is not a top down game. Shows what you know moron. Stop trying to act like you know anything about vulkan.
I beat this person in a argument about vulkan and then they turned into a child instead of accepting they were wrong. Please just ignore his mindless and fact-less drivel.
im just reporting you on every post have fun.
And guess how many they removed. 1. ONE!
Asking for evidence or pointing out how you are wrong is not trolling or harassment..
Why are you people even answering to this hvd kid, just ignore him lol
Hey iD Software, what the f’ are you doing? What happened to DOOM’s Vulkan patch “very very soon after release”? Take some f’ing notes.
Valve have been working on Vulkan support for Source 2 since it was announced. Id started working on a Vulkan renderer right at the end of Doom’s development cycle. Cut them some slack.
So how long until they update CS:GO to the Source 2 engine running Vulkan.
Anyone seeing any gains?