A teaser, more information coming march 20.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/directx/p/directx12.aspx
But DirectX 12 is now official.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/directx/p/directx12.aspx
But DirectX 12 is now official.
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Does it come with a new OS ?!
Another useless release.
Developers got smarter in the mean time.
Mantle has just switched the focus of the game developers.
It will be really interesting to see how they tackle multithreading in this version. Will they go with the previous DX11model where the majority of the responsibility falls on the drivers, but with enhancements for greater efficiency and ease of implementation?
Or will it be more like mantle where the main responsibility falls on the API?
The Mantle route seems more effective at a glance with more explicit parallelization, but there might be some kind of issue with this approach due to legacy support.
There is a big difference between Dx and mantle as far a legacy support is concerned. DX 12 wont play older games, true, but previous versions allow one to play any game basically made within what, the last 10 or 15 years. There is *no* previous version of mantle, so it will always be a value add to DX, because DX will always be required to play legacy games, games that run on nVidia or Intel hardware, and all future games not specifically designed for mantle. I guess some people consider only being able to play a very small minority of games "not a problem" but I certainly see it as one.
I've brought this up a hundred times in the mantle thread, but I'll say it one more time. Why does legacy support/backwards compatibility matter? No graphics api in history has provided backwards compatibility. It falls on the GPU itself to support previous api's, and not the api to provide support for previous GPUs.
Backwards compatibility is not a problem with mantle, not will it be with dx12.
DX11 provides limited backward compatibility with DX10 and DX9.. As for why legacy support matters, do you want to have to create another Windows installation with an older version of Windows to play older games?
I sure as hell don't.
Last week a new information appeared suggesting that both OpenGL and DirectX will receive a major upgrades. Special sessions will be held at GDC2014.
OpenGL: Approaching Zero Driver Overhead in OpenGL (Presented by NVIDIA)
Driver overhead has been a frustrating reality for game developers for the entire life of the PC game industry. On desktop systems, driver overhead can decrease frame rate, while on mobile devices driver overhead is more insidious–robbing both battery life and frame rate. In this unprecedented sponsored session, Graham Sellers (AMD), Tim Foley (Intel), Cass
Everitt (NVIDIA) and John McDonald (NVIDIA) will present high-level concepts available in today’s OpenGL implementations that radically reduce driver overhead–by up to 10x or more. The techniques presented will apply to all major vendors and are suitable for use across multiple platforms. Additionally, they will demonstrate practical demos of the techniques in action in an extensible, open source comparison framework.
NVIDIA rather than showing more interest in Mantle decided to focus on OpenGL. The main idea here is driver overhead reduction by 10 times. The only question is, why no one has thought about developing it sooner.
DirectX: Direct3D Futures (Presented by Microsoft)
Come learn how future changes to Direct3D will enable next generation games to run faster than ever before!
In this session we will discuss future improvements in Direct3D that will allow developers an unprecedented level of hardware control and reduced CPU rendering overhead across a broad ecosystem of hardware.
If you use cutting-edge 3D graphics in your games, middleware, or engines and want to efficiently build rich and immersive visuals, you don’t want to miss this talk.
Similarly to OpenGL, DirectX (12.0) would focus on CPU usage reduction.
DirectX: Evolving Microsoft’s Graphics Platform (Presented by Microsoft)
For nearly 20 years, DirectX has been the platform used by game developers to create the fastest, most visually impressive games on the planet.
However, you asked us to do more. You asked us to bring you even closer to the metal and to do so on an unparalleled assortment of hardware. You also asked us for better tools so that you can squeeze every last drop of performance out of your PC, tablet, phone and console.
Come learn our plans to deliver.
Does it come with a new OS ?!
Another useless release.
Developers got smarter in the mean time.
Mantle has just switched the focus of the game developers.
It makes sense since all Windows Phone supports is Qualcomm. Also, Windows Phone uses DirectX and not a DirectX like API like the Xbone.What intrigues me most is that Qualcomm's logo is lined up there along with Intel's, AMD's, and Nvidia's. :hmm:
I must be hallucinating when I have to install direct 9 to run older games. The GPU supports dx9, dx11 does not.
You must be hallucinating. After I do a fresh install of Windows, I always run the dx web update. It doesn't install dx9, it just updates to the latest files.
You must be hallucinating. After I do a fresh install of Windows, I always run the dx web update. It doesn't install dx9, it just updates to the latest files.
A lot of games just bundle DX9 in the installer. DX10 was fully back compat, as is 11. Now, I have seen an issue with games requiring a SPECIFIC DLL to be present (I'm looking at you, stealth bastard!) but that's a game issue with poor design.