Advanced API Performance: Vulkan Clearing and Presenting

Originally published at: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/advanced-api-performance-vulkan-clearing-and-presenting/

This post covers best practices for Vulkan clearing and presentation on NVIDIA GPUs. To get a high and consistent frame rate in your applications, see all Advanced API Performance tips.

Thanks for this article! One question, when following this advice:

  • On Windows systems, use the VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive extension to bypass compositing.

Should we be using VK_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_APPLICATION_CONTROLLED_EXT, or
VK_FULL_SCREEN_EXCLUSIVE_ALLOWED_EXT?