First DX11 game Dirt 2 lands tomorrowDirt 2 ushers in DX11 evolution
DX11 begins tomorrow
First DX11 game Dirt 2 lands tomorrowDirt 2 ushers in DX11 evolution
Good to see that they adopted DX11. Hopefully more developers will follow suit soon and we can finally see some rapid progression again in the GFX department, which has been pretty stagnant since 2007.
True, DX10 has not even been fully utilised, and now the jump to dx11...Originally Posted by Blackhand
DX9c was I think the only truly successful version of the API...
Cool? I think?
Not much use when there are only like 2 or 3 cards that actually support it.
Sure, but someone has to get the ball rolling. There was a time when we said exactly the same thing about DirectX 9. A year from now DX11 cards are going to be a lot more common, enthusiast gamers will buy the cards up pretty fast and in two years it will be pretty common with your average PC gamer
Last edited by Blackhand; 03-12-2009 at 02:05 PM.
why can't older cards be flashed with a dx11 bios?
because their hardware does not support some of the functions?
Play games, not platforms
is that the case?
Very valid point
Yes, this has always been the case with graphics cards. The cards have to be designed with supporting specific versions of DirectX in mind.
At this point, everyone has a card that supports DirectX 9.0c as most onboard graphics cards even support it. Most people have a card that supports DirectX 10 (card bought in the past 2-3 years) and only those who have bought the new Radeon 5000 series will have DirectX 11 support at the moment.
The good news is that DirectX 11 is backwards compatible with DirectX 10. So, you don't need a DX11 card to play DX11 games, you just need a DX10 card (ie. min requirement for a DX11 game is a DX10 card). That said, you don't gain the performance benefits of having a DX11 card. Many of the API's functions run as much as 2x faster in DX11 vs DX10.
With the huge leaps made in DX11s performance optimization (and the DX11 cards so far just being BEASTS on their own), developers can really start pushing the GFX envelope again. Your FPS is not likely to double when playing a DX11 game on a DX11 card, but the GFX quality will. ie. 2x the graphics at the same FPS.
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