Sonar Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its DirectX graphics software at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, as promised. During the event, Turn 10 software architect Chris Tector screened a video of a limited port of Forza Motorsport 5, which has been converted to showcase DirectX12's capabilities. The new tech is "the most significant leap for Windows game graphics in years", apparently, and developers will be able to deploy it on all Microsoft-supported platforms, including the Xbox One. Specifically, the "benefits of Direct3D 12 will extend to Xbox One" - Direct3D being an application designed to run 3D graphics in a high performance environment, such as a real-time videogame. The DirectX12 demo of Forza 5 was run on a PC equipped with a NVIDIA graphics card. This obviously invites the assumption that Microsoft will at some point release a full PC version of Forza 5, but keep your imagination in check - there's been no formal announcement to this effect. There's no launch date for the new version of DirectX just yet, either, though Microsoft suggests that "holiday 2015" games will take advantage of it, following a limited access preview this year.Click through to this PC Perspective liveblog for a better-informed summary of the presentation, including pictures of slides. Be warned - it's pretty jargon-rich in there. We'll do our best to bring you a layman-friendly breakdown in the next week or so.Thanks to CVG and Devin Connors for their insights.source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Hopefully, they'll deploy it across at the following Patch Tuesday - without the usual step-motherly treatment to Users of Windows 7. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anuseems Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) Windows and Xbox games will receive a significant graphics and performance boost with Microsoft's new DirectX 12, a set of application programming interfaces and tools used in PC games.From Computerworld:Users can expect better-quality games with DirectX 12, Microsoft said Thursday. The company announced DirectX 12 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.DirectX tools work in the background to power games on PCs, tablets and smartphones using Windows operating systems. DirectX 12 will also be used to author games for Xbox One. Most games are already based on DirectX 11, but higher-quality games based on DirectX 12 will be out by the end of 2015, Microsoft said.http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247106/Microsoft_39_s_DirectX_12_to_boost_gaming_on_PCs_mobile_devices Edited March 21, 2014 by anuseems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 (edited) which mod is playing with me?thread closed then thread opened lolEDITI did notice the other directX post but that was for Windows, This one is aimed at xbox one.Lets not hype Directx up to much... its not been updated for ages, time will tell when this arrives though. Edited March 21, 2014 by Sonar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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