what do you think that microsoft should say?
Nothing, literally. I don't see a 'Will Windows 7 be supported' question in there.
what do you think that microsoft should say?
Yeah because of this great support from Nvidia. Nvidia is gonna keep their loyal customers for a long time and have people who are on Windows XP who will certainly upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows 8 and buy Nvidia graphic cards again if they had a DirectX 9 Nvidia graphic card. Or a AMD graphic card and see Nvidia supports more.I look at this situation and think:
AMD: Look at us, we're so cool since we've got this new awesome API that will only run on the best of our hardware! "Cheeky Grin"
"AMD is partying at their victory as the crowds cheer for them until Microsoft slams the doors open and walks in and slaps AMD"
Microsoft: "Laughs" Oh you think you're great? Well here's MY new API. It will at a comparable level to yours but is not limited to your latest series. So screw off kid. "Punches AMD in the balls."
"AMD falls on the ground, writhing in pain while the crowds start talking with each other and Microsoft until Nvidia goes to the stage and begins pouring gasoline on AMD"
Nvidia: This cunt thinks he's so great with his new API and their supposed support of DirectX 12 on just a few GPUs. Well DX 12 will run on 80% of ours and meanwhile we'll start vastly increasing performance on old DX versions.
"The crowd cheers for Nvidia while a few give some nods of thanks to Microsoft. Nvidia laughs while they throw a light match on AMD and watch it burn in agony."
Moral of the story? Don't fuck with Microsoft.
So I got a lot of updates. It's not about DirectX 12 but it is about DirectX.
So Nvidia is working on not only having DirectX 12 to match AMD's Mantle API but to further improve DirectX 11 to get more draw call batches for all of DirectX 11 and every single PC version of video games that support DirectX 11 to get increased performance.
That article is fake.Unfortunately their GDC presentation about improving DX 11 ended up being not true.
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/1...-shouldnt-trust-manufacturer-provided-numbers
That article is fake.
People are reporting increases in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Total War: ROME II. Total War: ROME II got like 71% increase while The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim got like 25% and Battlefield 4 got 10%.
Well some people are experiencing some FPS increases. Since I have had a AMD graphic card since like forever. I am going to be buying a GTX 880 if it comes out this year a single GPU so I can see what happens. People playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are saying that it's playing smoother now.This article has links to at least 3 major benchmarking sites.
Well some people are experiencing some FPS increases. Since I have had a AMD graphic card since like forever. I am going to be buying a GTX 880 if it comes out this year a single GPU so I can see what happens. People playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are saying that it's playing smoother now.
True.none of this would have happened without amd stepping up. lets hope amd doesn't give up and keeps the war going so nvidia can get off their asses and try and gain support.
none of this would have happened without amd stepping up. lets hope amd doesn't give up and keeps the war going so nvidia can get off their asses and try and gain support.
Yeah. Johan Andersson is the guy to give credit to.More like if DICE hadn't stepped up to ask them for a better API.
More like if DICE hadn't stepped up to ask them for a better API.
Sigh. When will people understand.It's really hard to acknowledge AMDs technological accomplishment that is Mantle, isn't it.
You mean Mantle works on Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture AMD graphics cards only. While DirectX 12 will work on every single Nvidia graphic card that supports DirectX 11.Some technical accomplishment it is really. Oh look you can increase your FPS by up to 10%, if you're lucky, on a high end machine and Mantle only works on high end GPUs. Such an achievement for the gaming industry. The only thing Mantle does worth even remotely is make the shitty AMD CPUs run somewhat better.
Meanwhile Nvidia and Microsoft are both working on things that will improve performance for most setups. That's a technological accomplishment.