7870 Ghz Edition - Direct X 12 Support

[bschnell]

Hello fellow computer gurus,

I'm finding mixed answers as to my two XFX 7870 Ghz DD cards having DX12 support. I'm really looking forward to this API for what they are saying about the evolution of multi-GPU systems. Does anyone have any decent information on this and whether or not my now "legacy" cards will be able to utilize DX12?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Shaun o]

Far as I know only the R9 series of cards will support DX 12.
The 285 cards and the 295 cards also.
A 7970 Ati card will only do DX 11.1 or 11.2

 

[TomONeill]

It's kind of strange. I read that the 7870 (which I own as well) supports up to 11.1, but the release notes of the new driver says otherwise:

This driver provides support for Windows® 10 as well as full WDDM 2.0 and DirectX® 12 support which is available on all AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) products, - AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 and newer graphics products.​

 

[Creme]

They support DX12 feature level 11_1, so, some features of DX12 might not be available, but the CPU enhancements are there for even 11_0 cards, don't worry.