--- title: As Linux gaming gains ground, Valve brings Mesa's... description: Valve and Collabora are porting Mesa's RADV open-source AMD Vulkan driver to Windows. RADV has long powered AMD GPU performance on Linux, including the Steam... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/as-linux-gaming-gains-ground-valve-brings-mesa-s-powerhouse-amd-driver-to-windows-awqprivpk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: As Linux gaming gains ground, Valve brings Mesa's powerhouse AMD driver to Windows | daily.dev og:description: Valve and Collabora are porting Mesa's RADV open-source AMD Vulkan driver to Windows. RADV has long powered AMD GPU performance on Linux, including the Steam... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/as-linux-gaming-gains-ground-valve-brings-mesa-s-powerhouse-amd-driver-to-windows-awqprivpk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AwQpriVpK.png og:image:alt: As Linux gaming gains ground, Valve brings Mesa's powerhouse AMD driver to Windows og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # As Linux gaming gains ground, Valve brings Mesa's powerhouse AMD driver to Windows **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Valve and Collabora are porting Mesa's RADV open-source AMD Vulkan driver to Windows. RADV has long powered AMD GPU performance on Linux, including the Steam Deck, often matching or exceeding Windows driver performance. Bringing it to Windows enables a shared codebase across platforms, easier debugging, faster fixes, and community contributions from game developers regardless of OS. Counter-Strike 2 already runs on the Windows RADV port, though with some issues. The effort could unify Windows and Linux gaming under a common driver stack. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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