Nvidia Vulkan Driver Released

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Nvidia have released a beta driver with Vulkan functionality, Currently the only program or game to have support for the new API is The Talos Principle which is a first person puzzle game available on Steam.

Vulkan for those of us not in the know is a new API gunning to replace OpenGL although Open GL as we know it will still be very much in use although obviously a tad outdated and not as efficient.

Originally called OpenGL Next, It was renamed to Vulkan over a year ago while still in development.


A good presentation by Piers Daneiall at Siggraph last year delves into Vulkan and what it can offer -






You will need any one of the following Kepler or Maxwell (both first and second generation Maxwell) based GPUs to get access to Vulkan functionality:


GPU Compatibility


Quadro Series: Quadro M6000, Quadro M5000, Quadro M4000, Quadro K6000, Quadro K5200, Quadro K5000, Quadro K4000, Quadro K4200, Quadro K2200, Quadro K2000, Quadro K2000D, Quadro K1200, Quadro K620, Quadro K420

Quadro Series (Notebooks): Quadro K5100M, Quadro K5000M, Quadro K4100M, Quadro K4000M, Quadro K3100M, Quadro K2200M, Quadro K2100M, Quadro K3000M, Quadro K2000M, Quadro K1100M, Quadro K1000M, Quadro K620M, Quadro K610M, Quadro K510M, Quadro K500M

GeForce 900 Series: GeForce GTX TITAN X, GeForce GTX 980 Ti, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 950

GeForce 700 Series: GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720, GeForce GT 710, GeForce GT 705

GeForce 600 Series: GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630



Download Links

Windows 7/8 - 32 Bit - Click Me

Windows 7/8 - 64 Bit - Click Me

Windows 10 - 32 Bit - Click Me

Windows 10 - 64 Bit - Click Me
 
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TBH I have found this driver very buggy when trying Vulkan on The Talos Principle tonight, very annoying as I want to go to bed.
 
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