WTF is going on with DX12 and Vulkan?

Yes, yes, we heard you... DX12 and Vulkan are here. So here's a massive video covering these new APIs :)

Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[Travmf]

Someone had a lot of fun editing this video

[UnbearablePeacock]

So no DirectX 8 benchmarks? What a sellout.

[vlamnire]

Luke, I think you made Bethesda sad when you talked about physics being linked to frame rate.

[jwisemanm]

As a Linux user, I really hope that Vulkan support will expand soon... Maybe that'll be the time I buy an AMD card.

[randalgradle]

Thank you for not leaving out us Linux gamers and how Vulkan is a huge deal for us.

[Clairvoyant]

Thank you! This is the first video on this topic that doesn't make me want to pull out my hair. Especially great to me was that you pointed out that we won't see many "true" DX12 / Vulkan games in the nearer future.

The one thing I would have liked you to point out: The huge gains on AMD's side in some DX12 and Vulkan titles is not only due to the game's developers actually using those APIs "right", but also because AMD's drivers are a slow mess and they are finally pretty much out of the picture in DX12 and Vulkan.

Other than that: Good explanations all around! I liked the waiter-analogy for APIs.
And yes: Please do an equally good video on async compute.

[ShadowGilgamosh]

A video about async compute would be nice.

[wumarNart]

why was Luke wearing a green version of his hands ?

[mumhustler]

DOOM with vk is bitching awesome. I checked core usage and I get almost identical utilization on all 8 cores at about 80%+ when i switch off vsync. Apparently id still know how to code.

[JokkeSS]

holy shit I can like comments on youtube's android app!

[RemotelyHuman]

Why is a video from almost four years ago suddenly in my recommended videos? :P (For a second I thought Luke was back and I got excited)

[bothellkenmore]

THE Best video I have seen explaining this subject AND the best one you have EVER done. I mean EVER! Well done using everyday analogies to explain complicated technology! Doom w/Vulkan should be the baseline going forward based on my experience (R9280X x2, FX8120) which was very 1440P friendly!

[CrypticCorruption]

GOD I REALLY JUST WANT AMD TO STICK IT TO NVIDIA ALREADY!!!

[noobofcpp]

I'm sure one day Vulkan will destroy the directX domination.

[DJHeroMasta]

Damn, so you could flat out have a baller PC and devs go, "No, we will cap you at 30fps for the best experience" --_-- But in reality, "We didn't have much time to finish the game cause our shareholders wanted to see results".

[FrankieHiltz]

To all the AMD fanboys trying to butcher these guys calling them 'Nvidia fanboys', listen.
Who makes the fastest and best performing GPU? Nvidia does. What does AMD have to compete with it? Nothing. You can argue the Fury, you can argue crossfire 390x's all you want, or a VERY specific select few titles with Vulkan or DX12. Objectively, Nvidia has the the GPU that's on top, end of story.
Now.. LTT is dedicated to PC hardware, so they have the best available. So what ends up in their personal rigs?
Nvidia cards. Because they have them. So since everybody has a card AMD can't compete with, does that make them fanboys? No. It just means they want the best possible experience, and it just so happens everyone of them have the ability to have 980tis, Titans, and 1080s.
And fyi, I'm an AMD enthusiast. But I'm not a fanboy. Meaning I don't take personal hurt from this damn AMD vs Nvidia argument.
They're. Not. Biased.
Get it through your head and accept the fact that AMD just doesn't have anything to compete with a 1080, or last gen with the 980ti. Once you accept that, it's all easier.
They don't need to have the best, their products are just as good as Nvidia's in the price points that MATTER to 99% of the population. It only comes down to personal taste.
They just don't happen to have anything on top, that's all.

[lenorelestrange]

i love the intro so much i had to watch it again. smooth hand movent with locked eyes... love it.

[cahyanugraha]

LTT IS THE BEST YOUTUBE CHANNEL ON THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH

[m-copyright]

By the time DX12 and Vulkan will matter, Linus's children will take over the business.

[Toutvids]

Vulkan works quite nice at this point, on Linux. Just finished Rise of The Tomb Raider, playing on high settings with framerates going into the 80s and 90s at times. AMD FX 8320 and AMD RX 480 with Mesa 18.1. If gaming developers start utilizing Vulkan, it will be the equalizer for Linux gaming.