will my rig gain performance from dx12?

[johnmanth]

my build:
intel i3 4170
gt 740
2x4gb kingston

I dont want my pc for heavy gaming (just for skyrim and games like that)
will, i get a perfromance difference with dx12?

 

[ESPclipse]

If the game was developed using Microsoft's DirectX 12 API (which no game has thusfar), then the game will theoretically run more efficiently compared to the past DirectX implementations. DirectX 12 offers better multi-core support (which may not apply to an i3) and improved shader rendering techniques. Any improvement is relative to past DirectX API's, and the improvement will differ depending on the hardware in use, though I believe Microsoft claims an average of 10% improved performance on average (I do not know the metric with which they recorded that though). I do not think that your current graphics card will support the new API, but don't quote me on that / research it yourself. If you are looking for improved performance in TES V, you will not find it in DX12

 

[Zerk2012]

The final specks for DX 12 are not out yet so any answer you get is speculation base on what little is actually known.

 

[dark_lord69]

I just took a look and it seems one of the features of DX 12 is the speed at which it calls to draw a frame. Which really seems to help the HBM memory on the Fury based AMD cards. (Both of which should help with Virtual Reality HMD's) It is also takes the CPU side of graphics processing and spreads it across all of your cpu cores. Rather than doing it all on a single core. Not sure what that amounts to in real world benchmarks though.

For directx 12 you would need new video card (nVidia shows that yours can't run Dx12) AND you would have to install Windows 10.

 

[johnmanth]

Well bcs i have not bought it yet i can buy an r7 250 can this run dx12?

 

[ESPclipse]

Well bcs i have not bought it yet i can buy an r7 250 can this run dx12?

According to AMD, yes