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Microsoft to Buy AMD? -Report

TwTheRedDragon — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:10:39 +0000

According to a report, Microsoft is interested in buying AMD. Kitguru

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DirectX 12 a Game Changer or Just Hype?

TwTheRedDragon — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 01:29:29 +0000

Is DirectX 12 a Game Changer or Just Hype?: Read More at VGN

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Xbox One will Double Performance with DirectX12

TwTheRedDragon — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 06:39:52 +0000

Brad Wardell is the CEO of Stardock, a software development and computer games company. In a recent post on neowin, Brad explained how DirectX12 would benefit the PC and Xbox One. It was his statements about the Xbox One however that drew the most attention. In this commentary, we’ll examine his statements and also compare what others in the industry have said about DX12.

The results are spectacular. Not just in theory but in practice (full disclosure: I am involved with the Star Swarm demo which makes use of this kind of technology.) While each generation of video card struggles to gain substantial performance over the previous generation, here, the same hardware will suddenly see a doubling of performance.

XBox One is the biggest beneficiary; it effectively gives every Xbox One owner a new GPU that is twice as fast as the old one.

@XX__MX it’s not literally (it’s software, not hardware) but yes, dx12 games will likely by more than 2x as fast.

— Brad Wardell (@draginol) April 4, 2014

@Zunderholz @XX__MX it didn’t. It was/is still basically a single core stack. With DX12 all 8 cores will be able to split the work.

— Brad Wardell (@draginol) April 5, 2014

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DirectX12 a game changer for Xbox One: Neowin

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Does Xbox One have Secret Sauce in it? DirectX 12 a Game Changer?

TwTheRedDragon — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:17:08 +0000

Microsoft has announced that for the first time in five years, a new DirectX 12 is about to be unveiled at GDC on March 20th 2014. It has been suggested that the Xbox One would not work with DirectX12 because it would require a hardware upgrade since it is running DirectX 11. But new developments suggest that the Xbox One may in fact be using DirectX 12 in some fashion. In this video, I discuss the two biggest theories currently out there concerning DirectX 12 and the Xbox One.

Sources:

Move over Mantle: Microsoft to reveal next-gen, ‘closer to the metal’ DirectX: PC World

DayZ creator: Xbox One has “exciting things” coming, can’t share details. Gamespot

Microsoft’s Penello: No way is Xbox One giving up 30% power advantage to PS4: Examiner

Microsoft Blog: DirectX 12: Microsoft

DirectX12 Twitter: @DirectX12

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