New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software
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FuryGPU is currently capable of running Quake at 720p and 60fps.

From the reports it is nowhere near proprietary systems, yet. Its a great development though and it shows what a single person can do for the community. We should shower this person with praise!

  • RobotToaster@mander.xyzEnglish
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    9 months ago

    “I am intending on open-sourcing the entire stack (PCB schematic/layout, all the HDL, Windows WDDM drivers, API runtime drivers, and Quake ported to use the API) at some point, but there are a number of legal issues,” Barrie wrote in a Hacker News post on Wednesday. Because he works in a tangentially related vocation, he wants to make sure none of this work would break his work contract or licensing etc.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Oh that sucks. There is a chance greater than 0 that he has signed some sort of non-compete that would prevent him from open sourcing his project. But let’s hope his company is like xerox was with the mouse and waves it off, effectively allowing him to continue.