DirectX 11 vs DirectX 12 - Is DX12 that good?

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DirectX 12 has been available in various games for over a year now - so have we seen any significant, tangible benefit from the new graphics API? Or is it still just a buzzword?

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Episode Credits:
Host: Jack Sui
Writer: Anthony Chow
Editor: Barret Murdock

[sime]

Vulcan should be the winner and be used for everything, as its working on Linux and not just Win 10

[MPT-ioml]

I miss the beard, it makes him look like Genghis Khan.

[deviroz]

Doom didn't use either DX11 nor DX12, it was made with OpenGL and then ported to Vulkan

[dan_loup]

Just use Vulkan instead.
Same performance boost, but runs on all platforms.

[spoertm]

I'm much more excited about Vulkan than DX12. More developers should be looking at Vulkan.

[HedgehogYK]

0:52 WRONG. DirectX 10.1 included support for multithreading for dual core cpus. So the NVS 2100M, a Tesla 2.0 card is a perfect match for early 2010 cpus at the time. DX11 extends the cores to more modern 8 threaded standards like 4 core hyperthreaded machines. Honestly I don't know what DX12 does. I'll need to remind myself by watching Linus Tech Tip's accurate video over DX12.

[prodigybg]

Screw DX12. Vulkan should become the new standard.

[chefar]

So how about they all use Vulkan? ah Nvidia, you are the reason why PC gaming isn't evolving as it should.

[dikasaja]

have Nvidia? use DX11

Have AMD? use DX12 / Vulkan

It's simple

[LYGF]

i think most of the new games should implement vulkan api

[oosasa]

DX12 and Vulkan both needs games and engines developed from the ground up with them as priority as for them to truly shine.

[Aimela]

I'm really hoping that Vulkan will become more commonplace than DirectX eventually.

[marck_old]

Vulkan != DirectX

Seriously, get your shit together

Also Vulkan isn't AMD, it's AMD and a ton of other companies.

[HellSpawnRulerOfHell]

So what you're saying is DX12<Vulkan.

[rdGenGuy]

I've talked to a few Devs in Seattle and they told me dx12 could be replaced rather quickly.
they simply do not have the time to optimize it
they can't finish a game in time, let alone spend months getting vulkan or dx12 to work properly.

dx10 failed to be adopted and was quickly replace dby dx12 simply because it wasn't worth it to use

[PhoenixWakeStudios]

DX12 so far has been a joke. I was blown away with Vulkan in DOOM though, and I don't use AMD hardware at all.

[praharadar]

directX 12 is not the same as Vulkan. Doom doesn't support DirectX AT ALL. You promised more quality content, but several weeks after that you give us this.

[DJ_Dopamine]

DX11 performance was pretty bad in some games when it debuted. With certain games performing better in DX10. Devs need time to get to grips with an all-new api.

[dynaone]

0:05 This still doesn't answer my question, or is dx12 limited to windows 10 only?

[TheJupiteL]

I've seen many reviews that shown dx12 is better than dx11 though, at least for AMD.