![]() ![]() Meanwhile, game developers can sign up for an early access program to get DirectX 12 tools.Īgam Shah covers PCs, tablets, servers, chips and semiconductors for IDG News Service. Microsoft will share more details on DirectX 12 at the Build 2014 conference in San Francisco early next month. "DirectX 12 was designed from scratch to provide the infrastructure for these advanced applications," Nvidia said. DirectX 12 Ultimate takes games to a whole new level of realism with support for ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and sampler feedback. In addition to working closely with Microsoft, Nvidia has provided drivers and a DirectX 12 development kit to more than 15 game developers.ĭevelopers have been asking for a leaner API that allows them to control hardware resources while extracting more performance from GPUs, Nvidia said Thursday. DirectX 12 Ultimate is the newest version of the API and new gold standard for the next-generation of games. "Our work with Microsoft on DirectX 12 began more than four years ago with discussions about reducing resource overhead," said Nvidia spokesman Ken Brown in an email. Graphics chip maker Nvidia has its own low-level APIs, but said its latest graphics cards will support DX 12. However, AMD has said it will fully support DirectX 12. DirectX 12 will unlock next-generation graphics for games that utilize new game engines like Unity, CryENGINE, and Unreal Engine 4. ![]() Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm and Advanced Micro Devices announced support for DirectX 12 before it was announced.ĭirectX 12 will compete with AMD's low-level Mantle API (application programming interface), which is designed to take advantage of specific features in its Radeon GPUs to deliver a better gaming experience. More than 80 percent of gaming PCs being sold now will support DirectX 12. More PC games than ever allow players to choose between DirectX 12 and Vulkan. It’ll surprise you how much things become easier to learn once you’ve done it, and if it’s with OpenGL or Vulkan and not DirectX first that’s ok. Cauldron Game Engine Series Unreal Engine Learning from AI Community Just dive in For the past couple months I’ve been slowly diving into DirectX 12. It’s also ok to walk away, learn other stuff, and come back. More PC games than ever allow players to choose between DirectX 12 and Vulkan. You should test both and choose the one that works best for the game you want to play. Users won't have to wait to buy new hardware to support DirectX 12, Microsoft said. There are plenty of entry points into DirectX 12, especially if you have any experience in similar fields (game dev, C++, etc). Using Vulkan can result in a noticeably higher frame rate for many games, but DirectX 12 tends to provide a more stable experience. ![]()
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