A question on direct x 12

[jamese669]

was  reading in to direct x 12 and was reading on vram stacking what i could never findwas, will vram stacking be driver enabled or will it only work on direct x 12 games.

[Godlygamer23]

It'll be a DirectX12 feature. No other API as of right now will support it.

[hiyayhi]

One suspects that as it is a DX12 feature it will be for DX12 games, but we will have to wait until it's out and people start messing with it I think.

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's not confirmed if it will even be a thing, 

 

It also depends on the developer including support as far as I know, so it will be for new games, or ones that get updated. 

[jamese669]

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[i_build_nanosuits]

It's not confirmed if it will even be a thing, 

^^THIS^^

 

So only Game;s with direct x 12 support will work with it?

[Godlygamer23]

So only Game;s with direct x 12 support will work with it?

If DX12 does support VRAM stacking, yes it will only work in DX12 games.

[Glenwing]

It is theoretically possible for games to be programmed to stack VRAM. It will only work on games that are specifically programmed with that capability. It's not like as soon as DX12 comes, you just download the latest driver and suddenly VRAM will stack universally, which is why I wish everyone would shut up about "oh but DX12 will allow VRAM stacking" as if it's a practical consideration when planning your system. Even when DX12 is here, nothing will change with any current or upcoming games, or any games that release shortly after DX12. It will be at minimum a year before any meaningful adoption of this if we even see it at all, and again it still won't help any current games.

[techguru]

actually it works on vulkan to

but developers have to program for vram stacking

its not automatic

[Lays]

It is theoretically possible for games to be programmed to stack VRAM. It will only work on games that are specifically programmed with that capability. It's not like as soon as DX12 comes, you just download the latest driver and suddenly VRAM will stack universally, which is why I wish everyone would shut up about "oh but DX12 will allow VRAM stacking" as if it's a practical consideration when planning your system. Even when DX12 is here, nothing will change with any current or upcoming games, or any games that release shortly after DX12. It will be at minimum a year before any meaningful adoption of this if we even see it at all, and again it still won't help any current games.

 

 

I agree, everyone saw that it "may" support it, and now everyone automatically thinks it's going to the second it launches.   Really getting old, especially since we have no idea how it will work, or if it will even work properly, or when it will even happen if it does.

[Diceair]

people keep asking the same question. We can say almost nothing about dx12 until it's out