DX11: DX12: Hopefully there will be optimizations over the next few months. I can understand not seeing a huge improvement but seeing a loss in performance is pretty egregious.
[quote who="eviator" reply="22" id="3582583"] There is a reason: you want the game to look unbelievable, and you cannot execute that vision on a low resolution. I'm not saying that's the case here, and I bet they will do it, so I wouldn't worry. Also, 1920x1080 perhaps represents a bar that you must pass in order to be an alpha tester. It implies you have a system beefy enough to give the game a fighting chance. It would not be helpful in this stage to have a bunch
[quote who="tatsujb" reply="20" id="3582569"]you guys have got to be kidding... don't you realize that it may potentially hurt upper-tier hardware performance to code this game to run on lower-tier hardware? I'm guessing the min resolution cap is caused by a standard low of data throughput to be sent to the graphics driver needed for the highest expected debit to even be possible as well as a pixel-perfect UI that has to account for a lot of
[quote who="EdWood110" reply="14" id="3581780"]@ForNein, benchmark results? Did someone release those?[/quote] Yes, they have been coming out today and with no shortage of controversy. I have no intention of pointing fingers or taking sides and that's not really what I care about at this point. From what I've seen so far, it appears that my system will likely perform worse using DX12 which should not at all be the case. I was hoping for something a bit more positive
The benchmark results are a bit disheartening for me.
[quote who="kayleyferroggiaro" reply="5" id="3581101"]If I remember correctly, it is the nitrous engine from oxide that uses more cores for better performance and efficiency as opposed to faster single threaded performance. I believe it was also stated that 6 cpu cores had the best overall utilization of their engine.[/quote] That's what I'm hoping the benchmark will prove. I hear lots of speculation but I'd like to see it for myself.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="2" id="3581041"] The games media does have it yes. The embargo on their results is early next week. The answer to DX12 vs. DX11: It depends. DX12 won't make your video card faster. What it does is ensure that your video card is fully utilized. In most strategy games and in fact in many other games, your game is CPU bound (getting a faster video card won't help you). In DX12, a faster video card always help
Does the media have the okay to release benchmark results to the public and have they received the update? I'm interested in seeing just how big of an impact DX12 has on performance, especially when comparing four fast cores to six slightly slower cores (i7-4790K vs i7-5820K).