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NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver Beta Brings New Vulkan Support & DRI3 v1.2

Written by Michael Larabel in NVIDIA on 5 March 2026 at 11:13 AM EST. 57 Comments
Following the recent NVIDIA R595 driver release for Windows, NVIDIA today released the 595.45.04 driver for Linux users as a beta version in the R595 release stream.

Exciting for Linux users with the NVIDIA 595 driver series is adding some long sought Vulkan capabilities plus also enabling DRI3 version 1.2 support. The NVIDIA 595.45.04 beta driver for Linux brings support for the descriptor heap (VK_EXT_descriptor_heap) and present timing (VK_EXT_present_timing) extensions as some great additions to now see with the NVIDIA driver to enhance the Linux gaming experience.

👁 NVIDIA 595 Linux driver beta details


The NVIDIA 595.45.04 Linux driver also now enables the modesetting parameter by default for the nvidia-drm kernel driver, improved GPU reset handling, a new application profile for CUDA apps to reach P0 p-state, and raising the minimum Wayland version to v1.20. Plus there are various bug fixes -- including hang fixes.

Downloads and more details on today's NVIDIA R595 Linux driver beta release via NVIDIA.com.

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