Direct X 12 to be announced at GDC

[WYP]

Microsoft has now confirmed that DirectX 12 is to be unveiled at GDC later this month, confirming that Microsoft will indeed be creating a new API and not simply updating DirectX 11 like previous updates.

The official DirectX 12 Twitter account says;

Rumors of our demise have been greatly exaggerated... DirectX12 is coming to GDC

A link to a DirectX 12 teaser site was also provided, showing the image below. The Teaser page shows that AMD, Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm will be supporting this new API, with Qualcomm's presence highlighting the importance mobile development will be to Microsoft in this iteration of Direct3D.

Other highlights of DX12 will the "closer to the metal" hardware access and a reduced "CPU rendering overhead" which will allow developers to be able to employ more advanced rendering techniques and to be able to better utilize available hardware.

This will be the first full API release from Microsoft since the release of DX11 in 2009, which given the history of DirectX could mean that a change in OS will be required, does this mean that Windows 9 is coming too? I guess we will find out as GDC commences.

For more information on Direct X 12 and Microsoft's GDC plans, please read my previous thread here.

Source - DX12 Twitter and DX12 Teaser site

 

[Tripp]

better not need a bloody new OS :/

 

[Ghosthud1]

All new Direct X 12!!!!..........supports windows 9 and only current generation graphics chips.

Microsoft just get under my skin, it took AMD to step up and force innovation from them, they've been sitting on their hands this entire time with direct X.

 

[cooperman]

Great now i 'have to' use the next microbullshit os and retire my windblows 7 ultimate :sob:

 

[Squidlorock]

It only took them Mantle to get off their ass. I hope this doesn't consign Mantle to a slow death. Windows 9? God i don't even have 7 or 8!

 

[SeekaX]

It only took them Mantle to get off their ass. I hope this doesn't consign Mantle to a slow death. Windows 9? God i don't even have 7 or 8!

it will consign mantle to a quick death actually, but that was the point of mantle, changing the APIs to make AMDs APUs and CPUs more viable.
of course it will be windows 8.1/9 only, would be bad business otherwise.

 

[SuB]

Sigh..

Would be pretty shit if it is only 8.1/9.. nothing wrong with 7 ffs.

 

[SeekaX]

Sigh..

Would be pretty shit if it is only 8.1/9.. nothing wrong with 7 ffs.

well, there is one thing wrong with it. it's not generating more money for microsoft and no company gives technology away for charity.

 

[cooperman]

well, there is one thing wrong with it. it's not generating more money for microsoft and no company gives technology away for charity.

And yet thay are bizzy makeing a free os kind of like chrome os that none will bother useing cuz bing os yer...
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/387370/microsoft-considering-free-version-of-windows-8-1

 

[Squidlorock]

I wonder (if) they do release a free version of win8, albeit laden with ads they will withhold this new direct x for paid/bought only os. Most likely i imagine.

 

[Dark NighT]

Great now i 'have to' use the next microbullshit os and retire my windblows 7 ultimate :sob:

I wouldnt, even now barely 5 years after dx 11 there are only a handfull of games that actually utilize it, on top of that the PS4 and Xbox one are also dx11 and that is where the focus will be for the coming years, by the time dx12 becomes relevant we could see windows 10.

 

[vorticalbox]

And yet thay are bizzy makeing a free os kind of like chrome os that none will bother useing cuz bing os yer...
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/387370/microsoft-considering-free-version-of-windows-8-1

"it would be offered to consumers bundled with Microsoft services"

basically people who pay the month subscription to office 365 ect. would be given a striped out version of windows 8.1.

where mantle will shine is for the APU's though DX 12 might boost GPU speeds but mantle/HSA allows apu's to use the 4 CPU and 8 GPU (12 compute cores) for processing.

 

[looz]

Why should it support 7, really? People who care about performance are running 8.1 anyway.

Then again I feel that OpenGL ought to be the future.

 

[barnsley]

As much as I hate windows 8/8.1 it defiantly is the better performer. Especially for AMD cpus. Not surprised AMD's offering kicked Microsoft's butt into gear.

 

[Zoot]

It's nice that M$ aren't going to continue sitting on DirectX 11 indefinitely.

Part of me feels I'll need to buy a new graphics card again, but then logic kicks in and tells me it's going to be a few years at the very least before we start seeing true DirectX 12 games.

 

[SeekaX]

It's nice that M$ aren't going to continue sitting on DirectX 11 indefinitely.

Part of me feels I'll need to buy a new graphics card again, but then logic kicks in and tells me it's going to be a few years at the very least before we start seeing true DirectX 12 games.

i thought logic would kick in because you bought a 780 not too long ago, but okay :lol:

 

[SPS]

I don't see why people are complaining that it took Mantle to get M$ to do something. We still don't know how far through DX12 is in development, it could have been started on before the news of Mantle.

Also, if AMD are supporting it maybe there's some shared tech between Mantle and DX12.

 

[SeekaX]

I don't see why people are complaining that it took Mantle to get M$ to do something. We still don't know how far through DX12 is in development, it could have been started on before the news of Mantle.

Also, if AMD are supporting it maybe there's some shared tech between Mantle and DX12.

it probably was started way before mantle was announced, i doubt they will release an API after less than a year of work.

 

[SPS]

it probably was started way before mantle was announced, i doubt they will release an API after less than a year of work.

Where's the release date?

 

[SieB]

Of course they started work on it before Mantle :lol:
It just happens to be a massive coincidence that they announce it after Mantle was released and they saw what it could do.

Either way, Mantle or DX12, it's all good.