FYI Direct X12 ANNOUNCMENT

[aselwyn1]

The Microsoft DirectX 12 Announcement is now over more info will be posted here soon. go to http://www.pcper.com/live/ for a recap of the live blog

[MrRavens]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Whiskers]

Ooh, thanks. I'll be watching this.

[DoubleY]

Thanks

[TheNinjaNextDor]

Hmmmm, I wonder what they'll say.

[Ciccioo]

holy crap that chat is the console peasants universe

[madscientist56]

Tanks 4 da reminder

[Whiskers]

DirectX 12 will bring improvements in performance on Xbox One and is also coming to mobile.

Awesome.

[SangeetKhatri]

It is just like re-branded Mantle. I wonder what happens to Mantle now. They were  the ones to bring this first.

 

[Whiskers]

It is just like re-branded Mantle. I wonder what happens to Mantle now. They were  the ones to bring this first.

We've only seen some of the improvements so far. Time will tell.

And real-world performance is always different to these companies' purported performance. Mantle in reality was and is plagued with issues, time will tell if DirectX 12 fares any better.

[wpirobotbuilder]

Turns out AMD has been working "very closely" with MS in development of DX12

[SkilledRebuilds]

[rici]

Sounds like current GPU's could support it

 

Edit: beaten to it

[SangeetKhatri]

AMD has been working very closely with Microsoft. So did AMD planned the death of their own Mantle API? What about all the work the developers put into making Mantle version of the games.

Anyways let's see what happens next. We will draw conclusions later.

 

Also just came an interesting quote from the live broadcast 

 

 

There is tension: AMD is trying to push hw forward, MS is trying to push their platform forward.

 

Edit : It turns out that they also have a partnership with Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm.

[Whiskers]

Intel claims to have been 'deep in development on DirectX 12 with Microsoft for years'.

If true, this should lay to rest the claims that DirectX 12 is nothing more than a response to Mantle.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Sounds like current GPU's could support it

 

Edit: beaten to it

XB1 gets a boost too, PS4 being based on a custom OpenGL API, would have to wait for OpenGL to improve (which is coming, convenient answer to the Xb1 improvement)

 

 

 

AMD has been working very closely with Microsoft. So did AMD planned the death of their own Mantle API? What about all the work the developers put into making Mantle version of the games.

 

They have stated previously that in order to push the industry forward, they may sacrifice Mantle as it would force improvements upon current API's.

Like a foot in the door....and its done.

[wpirobotbuilder]

AMD has been working very closely with Microsoft. So did AMD planned the death of their own Mantle API? What about all the work the developers put into making Mantle version of the games.

Anyways let's see what happens next. We will draw conclusions later.

 

Also just came an interesting quote from the live broadcast 

Mantle never left the Beta stage. Coincidence? I think not.

 

Prove a point, then assist in the development of the one to be widely adopted.

[MrRavens]

Good job AMD! What they wanted all the time. With the push of Mantel, it pushed Microsoft out of the bed to get their shit together. This is a great day for many gamers.

[Whiskers]

Good job AMD! What they wanted all the time. With the push of Mantel, it pushed Microsoft out of the bed to get their shit together. This is a great day for many gamers.

Read my post above. It appears this is false.

[ragedev]

 

NVIDIA will support DX12 on Fermi, Kepler, Maxwell and forward!

[Whiskers]

Forza demo was running on Nvidia hardware.

Interesting. Wonder what this could entail.

[MrRavens]

Read my post above. It appears this is false.

*shrugs* Still a great day!

[SangeetKhatri]

As a linux gamer myself, I just wish that some of the Mantle makes it into OpenGL also. With the support that AMD gives for its Open Source drivers on Linux, my guess is that it will make to OpenGL too. Let's hope for the best. 

 

When they say that they are closely working mostly means no love for OpenGL or Linux. I hate that. 

[SkilledRebuilds]

The Forza demo they had @ 60fps, was running in DX12 on a PC in native (Meaning running on an actual PC, not a Console dev kit)

 

ALSO

NVIDIA said Fermi, Kepler, and Maxwell will be DX12-ready. So like... almost everything since GeForce 400... almost.

 

So most currently used GPU's, Nvidia & AMD support DX12 right now!

 

(No Release date yet)

[The_Strict_Nein]

So, even the old DX9 & 10 Cards get a performance boost. Nice. I wonder how they're going to implement this though, as I thought all previous DX gens required some hardware level change to work?