Microsoft will talk about DirectX 12 during GDC 2014 later this month.
Microsoft Will Discuss Next-gen API DirectX 12 at GDC 2014 : Read more
Microsoft Will Discuss Next-gen API DirectX 12 at GDC 2014 : Read more
More likely, as has been shown to be the case when similar conversations about Intel suggested such things, is that the *name* DirectX was no longer being applied to the API, rather than the API development being taken off the table entirely.I think this will be a good step, maybe *the* step toward true UGA.I'm stoked. Any word on the actual *release* date of DX12?Did AMD's Mantle push Microsoft into cooking up a new DirectX? Last year AMD stated that there was no DirectX 12 on Microsoft's roadmap. Microsoft clarified by saying that the company remained committed to evolving DirectX, but didn't say anything else after that. AMD then reveals its Mantle API late last year, and suddenly a new DirectX is on the radar. Coincidence?
Nobody uses DirectX on consoles.Next gen consoles launch with what could soon be an old D3D in a year or two?
I think you ought to do some research mate.Christopher Shaffer :It doesn't necessarily mean that a new GPU is needed. My 770s support DX11, yet this didn't even exist when they were released. It's supported through drivers, not hardware.Mousemonkey :This is the same (in a way) like the move up from every other version of DX since DX9, new hardware all round in the GPU dept. The question should be, if this is going to be like Mantle but be able to run on both AMD and Nvidia hardware then what will become of Mantle and was it worth it?
I think you ought to do some research mate.Christopher Shaffer :It doesn't necessarily mean that a new GPU is needed. My 770s support DX11, yet this didn't even exist when they were released. It's supported through drivers, not hardware.Mousemonkey :This is the same (in a way) like the move up from every other version of DX since DX9, new hardware all round in the GPU dept. The question should be, if this is going to be like Mantle but be able to run on both AMD and Nvidia hardware then what will become of Mantle and was it worth it?
Or if he just read the short article... lol"DirectX 11 launched on Windows Vista and Windows 7 back in October 2009."GeForce 700 series was released in 2013. Basically, most of what he said was inaccurate.I think you ought to do some research mate.Christopher Shaffer :It doesn't necessarily mean that a new GPU is needed. My 770s support DX11, yet this didn't even exist when they were released. It's supported through drivers, not hardware.Mousemonkey :This is the same (in a way) like the move up from every other version of DX since DX9, new hardware all round in the GPU dept. The question should be, if this is going to be like Mantle but be able to run on both AMD and Nvidia hardware then what will become of Mantle and was it worth it?