In a few months time, Basemark will have its Vulkan benchmark ready for us to enjoy.
Basemark Baking Vulkan-Based Benchmark Ahead Of VR Wave : Read more
Basemark Baking Vulkan-Based Benchmark Ahead Of VR Wave : Read more
if Vulkan proves performant, it really should become the dominant API instead of DX12 for game development simply because it wont be restricted to Win10 and Xbone. porting games to other Operating Systems and counsels would be far simpler and more likely. not to mention the possibility of DX12 like performance gains under Win7 and Win8.x.
Vulkan is just a new name for OpenGL, which has always been just as open and accessible as Vulkan will be, yet OpenGL never saw majority usage either.if Vulkan proves performant, it really should become the dominant API instead of DX12 for game development simply because it wont be restricted to Win10 and Xbone. porting games to other Operating Systems and counsels would be far simpler and more likely. not to mention the possibility of DX12 like performance gains under Win7 and Win8.x.