I'm pretty sure it's gonna be dx12. I think the real question is if it will only be dx12, and thereby require 64 bit windows 10. There will be corporate pressure to create dx11 and 32 bit versions to maximize sales, and that added complexity is gonna end up making the game worse overall.
Btw, the mantle bf4 give reduced cpu overhead for all gcn architectures afaik, but the shaders are optimized only for hawaii. So those are the only cards where you get cpu+gpu improvement.
As we briefly mentioned in our testing notes, our Battlefield 4 testing has been slightly modified as of this review to accommodate the changes in how AMD is supporting Mantle. This benchmark still defaults to Mantle for GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 cards (7970, 290X), but we’re using Direct3D for GCN 1.2 cards like the R9 Fury X. This is due to the lack of Mantle driver optimizations on AMD’s part, and as a result the R9 Fury X sees poorer performance here, especially at 2560x1440 (65.2fps vs. 54.3fps).
The tweet says that he would like the minimum requirements (for any frostbite game)to be those stated by holidays 2016,that's a very different meaning.Thats also why any pure DX12 games as Johan also writes would be holidays 2016. And even that would be very bold and optimistic.
DX11 runs faster with GCN 1.2 than Mantle in BF4 and Hardline btw.
Of course it does....Fury X is a more powerful card.
Also, one of the benefits of Mantle is higher minimum frame rates.
DX12... four core Valve games (so HL3, L4D3, Portal3, and TF3)...
Half-Life 3 confirmed!
Also nobody would dare to do DX12 support before they actually see the installed Win10 base.
Besides, you know that most game makers will NOT be DX 12 exclusive, since the vast majority of their target audience will NOT be using win 10.
DX12... four core Valve games (so HL3, L4D3, Portal3, and TF3)...
Half-Life 3 confirmed!
http://www.littletinyfrogs.com/article/469403/Ashes_of_the_Singularity_July_update
Another DX12 benchmark coming next week. Can be used only by press and project founders though.
Johan on twitter essentially said between the lines, that its DX12 only or nothing. Mixed support is not worth it. And its no secret battlefront runs DX11.
Certainly will be interesting benchmark.http://www.littletinyfrogs.com/article/469403/Ashes_of_the_Singularity_July_update
Another DX12 benchmark coming next week. Can be used only by press and project founders though.
https://twitter.com/repi/status/585752514303262720
I think he means both Vulkan & DX12 will be supported. It makes sense if they are similar, and Vulkan allows their products to run on other platforms besides Windows.
so which GCN architectures will benefit from DX12 API?
so which GCN architectures will benefit from DX12 API?
so which GCN architectures will benefit from DX12 API?
I fully expect most early DX12 games to only have overhead benefits for quite a while. By the time we get full DX12 games that actually support all the features it will be well past the time that any GCN 1.0 gpu is usable. Even GCN 1.2 will probably be obsolete by then.
Yup. I'm sure people will of course push their favorite vendor because it supports xyz direct x 12 feature but none of those features are relevant or will be relevant to your card when they arrive.overhead benefits are all anyone should really care about. The new features take so long to get used....