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EA Dev Raises Eyebrows with DX12 Statement

TwTheRedDragon — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:00:59 +0000

Top EA Technical Developer wants Win/10 & DX12 to be the min requirement for games in 2016 – says it will help Xbox One games

Source: Twitter
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Will DX12 Give Xbox One a Boost?

TwTheRedDragon — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 02:01:26 +0000

Will XBox One see a boost from DirectX 12? Did Phil Spencer say Xbox One will not benefit from DX12? Only PC?

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VGN: Video Games and News

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DirectX 12 Will Bring Games Closer to Photo-Realism

TwTheRedDragon — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:42:30 +0000

A DirectX 12 Developer posted up a new article detailing how DX12 is going to transform gaming and bring us closer to photo-realism in games.

VGN: Video Games and News

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Watch my previous DirectX12 videos:

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Xbox One Gets Major Update to CPU & SDK Ahead of DirectX 12 Reveal

TwTheRedDragon — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 01:40:53 +0000

Multiple Updates: Microsoft gives devs more CPU power on Xbox One: – MS building defense against hackers – ESRAM improved – Memory usage drastically cut.

VGN: Video Game News

Microsoft gives more CPU power to Xbox One developers: Eurogamer

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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

VGN: Video Games and News

DirectX12 a game changer for Xbox One: Neowin

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