Dx12 on gtx 840m

[Nitish159]

I recently ordered a dell laptop online featuring gtx 840m for the graphics part and I read later that for dx12, one needs the 900 series, but the 800 series does sport some features of dx12.
So, all I wanted to know is if the performance would be increased on 800 series also, I can manage with a few minor changes in dx12 not supported by my graphics card but, I want to game on my laptop for about 5 years even if at low settings
Thanks in advance

 

[kyllien]

The 840m is DirectX 12 Feature level 11_0. That means that it is missing some of the DirectX 12 features but will benefit from the enhanced speed of DirectX12.

 

[cemerian]

well your out of luck then, that's a low end gpu that even now can only play on low, it will not last much longer than another years or so lot less the 5 years you are hoping for, dx 12 will not be some magic boost for graphics, it will boost cpu's a lot more and have a miniscule effect on graphics performance, it will have dx12 but as I said there will not be any magic boost for performance, in real world that will be 1-3fps difference

 

[Fullmetalalkami]

Hi nvidias site says it will support dx12. Obviously once windows 10 is on it
http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/notebook-gpus/geforce-840m/specifications
But i wouldnt expect crazy performance boost as its not a laptop thats really going to benefit and 5 years is a looong time when it comes to laptop gaming