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Stable Build:

Changed the base of the Build to GE-Proton9-16 instead of GE-Proton9-15, all previous patches applied to Sarek9-15-r3 are now working on Sarek9-16, including the ones for WineD3D and the Global Proton Prefix. The release as usual comes with DXVK 1.10.3 and VKD3D 2.6.

This work is primarily to bring the new build in line with the older releases, but 9-16 will also come with new features. Specifically, it introduces some customs Proton parameters designed to squeeze every last bit of performance from your PC. How does it work? It’s simple when you call one of these parameters, it sets multiple environment variables aimed at boosting performance.

So, why aren’t these enabled by default?

Because many of these parameters act as "double-edged swords." While they can improve performance, they may also have trade-offs. For example, __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 and mesa_glthread=1 are usually helpful in CPU-bound applications but can reduce performance in games that rely on synchronous OpenGL calls. Other tweaks might affect the visual quality of a game or introduce instability. That’s why we’re offering these optimizations as optional settings instead of making them default, you get better performance, but there might be some compromises.

So far, the parameters added are:

  • PROTON_TWEAKS: Enables all other tweaks.
  • PROTON_TWEAKS_PROTON: Enables Proton/Wine-specific optimizations.
  • PROTON_TWEAKS_NVIDIA: Optimizations specifically for NVIDIA proprietary drivers.
  • PROTON_TWEAKS_MESA: Optimizations for Mesa drivers.

One of the reasons why we separate it its because you can perfectly lose performance on for example the NVIDIA part but win on the PROTON part, this its unusual but it can happen, so instead of PROTON_TWEAKS being the only option we decided to brake it down to various other parameters and that PROTON_TWEAKS call them all. Activate them its as simple as add Parameter_Name=1 as a parameter on the Steam Launch parameters, remember to write the %command% on the end :).

Stable Async Build:

This build is similar to the stable version but uses DXVK 1.10.3 Async instead of the regular one.

Benchmarks:

Here are 2 benchmarks in witch i compare the performance of having PROTON_TWEAKS on and off:
AMD Benchmark
NVIDIA Benchmark (With Proprietary Drivers)

Release:

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