Valve’s working with Nvidia to bring DLSS to Linux through Proton

Nvidia’s pushing its DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology hard, so much so that they are working with Valve to bring the technology to Linux through their Proton compatibility layer. 

Nvidia’s DLSS technology is an AI-based technology that allows Nvidia to generate high-resolution images from lower resolution samples, effectively allowing Nvidia to deliver 4K levels of image quality with higher framerates than native resolution rendering. Proton is a tool that allows Windows games to be played on Linux through Steam, using Wine and DXVK to deliver Windows PC games on non-Windows systems. 

DLSS support is coming to Proton, giving Linux gamers access to Nvidia’s premiere RTX technology. This month, Nvidia plans to support Vulkan DLSS titles on Linux through Proton, and this fall, Nvidia wants to expand this support to cover DirectX games. 

This month, Nvidia is bringing Ray Tracing and DLSS to DOOM Eternal, a Vulkan-powered PC game. It is likely that DOOM Eternal will be playable on Linux this month with DLSS enabled, which is great news for users of RTX GPUs on Linux.