Direct X 11.2 is supposed to offer similar features to Mantle as in it too will offer low level access, and Direct X is already supported by Nvidia and AMD (although, I don’t know how well implemented any 11.2 changes are into current hardware). For Windows based PC gaming, this would seem the logical API choice for developers to support for the broadest range of Windows gamers. It’s practically necessary to support DX as it is now anyway even if Mantle succeeds. There is no way to be sure that Nvidia or any other vendor will adopt Mantle and choose to support it, and that will likely be the largest measure of how well the API could succeed. If Microsoft is smart, they’ll seriously consider making DX 11.2 compatible with at least Windows 7 (currently only supported in Windows 8.1). This may help to ensure Direct X’s continued dominance on PC.
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Direct X 11.2 is supposed to offer similar features to Mantle as in it too will offer low level access, and Direct X is already supported by Nvidia and AMD (although, I don’t know how well implemented any 11.2 changes are into current hardware). For Windows based PC gaming, this would seem the logical API choice for developers to support for the broadest range of Windows gamers. It’s practically necessary to support DX as it is now anyway even if Mantle succeeds. There is no way to be sure that Nvidia or any other vendor will adopt Mantle and choose to support it, and that will likely be the largest measure of how well the API could succeed. If Microsoft is smart, they’ll seriously consider making DX 11.2 compatible with at least Windows 7 (currently only supported in Windows 8.1). This may help to ensure Direct X’s continued dominance on PC.