AMD demonstrated the world's first DirectX11 GPU today in front of a live audience, stating that AMD will be the first to release a graphics card with a 40nm DirectX11-friendly GPU.AMD is fully committed to bringing DirectX11 to the market first, something they have stated in a press release, without an official release date. DirectX11 promises to bring smoother graphics, faster Windows 7 experience - meaning Windows 7 will run faster - higher quality games and better performance than anything previously released.
AMD and TSMC gave some demonstrations of the new processing power of the 40nm DirectX11 GPU, in a video with improved detail in character models through tessellation.
That's not all, the game developers also discussed how a few developers will be taking advantage of DirectX11, allowing developers to better use the hardware through the API:
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That and the fact vista is getting DX11 as well.
Last edited by Pixil Eyes on 04 Jun 2009 - 01:39
I dont think it kills games as not ALL games "need" this to run...
For the pro users it is good cuz some ppl do like to ensure they can play the MAX settings on ALL games and get 50+ FPS on EVEry game in every situation...
I dont have a high end GC but i still play PC games alot... I may not be able to get 100% quality but i still play PC games and enjoy every bit of it,... Come windows 7 will come my next major hardware upgrade.
I went from a DX9 card to a DX10 card, next upgrade cycle DX11 cards will be cheap.
I went from a DX9 card to a DX10 card, next upgrade cycle DX11 cards will be cheap.
Exactly! plus there is no real point getting a Dx11 card right away anyway (unless your building a new rig, then it's different) and by the time you wait a bit and the prices drop, more Dx11 games will be out so you'll have more choice, win win really.
It can run all games at least at mid setting. Can play Crysis fine and even if i need to compromise a little bit it still looks far better on my 8800 GTX than any game i played on my 360.
So when is direct X 12 coming out?
what? better?
DX10 was a half-assed first attempt to bring some of the 360's technologies to the PC. This time it will actually work. I'll still play games on my 360 though, I expect.
DX10 was a half-assed first attempt to bring some of the 360's technologies to the PC. This time it will actually work. I'll still play games on my 360 though, I expect.
Which technologies ?
I own a PC and a 360 and games look better on my PC even if i own a 8800 GTX only which is an oudated card. I played Oblivion on my PC cause i just could not stand the gfx on the 360 specially the draw distance which was significantly lower than Oblivion on my PC.
DX10 was a half-assed first attempt to bring some of the 360's technologies to the PC. This time it will actually work. I'll still play games on my 360 though, I expect.
it is the other way around !
Also direct x 1200 coming out in 30 years. Its going to calculate every molecule and its quantum physics motion so it going to be the closes you can come to real objects. kidding.
quote " I need to constantly make me self better at everything no mater the cost. " Irish drunk.
if i'm not wrong, nvidia hasn't said a word other than they are working on GT300... which doesn't mean DX11 support. they are barely catching up to support DX10.1 these days...
that's mostly the way it mostly works.
edit: here AMD has at least proven something. it's a "technical stuff and speculation" read, but that's what can be found. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3573
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They kidnap nvidia lead scientist. Mohahaha. Kidding. Is and gpus made in canada? Thats interesting the canadians compete with canadians. What fair competition.
Because that's why DX11 is being made to step over the shallow impact DX10 had, just like Windows 7 to vista.
what a stinking mess.*BARF!*
Their first dual-cores were monolithic ones, contrary to Intel's "welded together cores". They always want to be the ones to say they were first. This is good in some ways - it pushes the envelope and competition and the results that follow. This also hurts the company financially, I believe. To make the monolithic processors, they had to create entirely new assembly lines, where as Intel just needed to use their existing ones and weld together the cores.
The benefits of AMD's practices aren't always in their best financial intrest, hence some of the rough downturns they've had.
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14034/1/
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14034/1/
Console ports are killing gaming for me to be honest.
I'm sick to the back teeth of console ports. Take burnout paradise city. I spent half an hour trying to work out the bloody controls for that. I got so ****ed off..
Hopefully buying ATI will provide them with the funds to compete with intel.
Now to the DX11. We won't see games using DX 11 for another year. Most games will be using DX10.1 and DX11 as beta graphics.
I mean don't get top excited, most games are still using DX9.0 for christ sakes guys.
And to be honest, nothing in those vidos impressed. The fist one is of a head that had the polygon devision subbed by 20. OH wow!! not really. not much detail at all for me.
Stick with what you have untill at least half the cards out are DX11 fully compatible.
I just wish Microsoft would stick with a version and build upon that because this must be costing them millions.
Now to the DX11. We won't see games using DX 11 for another year. Most games will be using DX10.1 and DX11 as beta graphics.
I mean don't get top excited, most games are still using DX9.0 for christ sakes guys.
And to be honest, nothing in those vidos impressed. The fist one is of a head that had the polygon devision subbed by 20. OH wow!! not really. not much detail at all for me.
Stick with what you have untill at least half the cards out are DX11 fully compatible.
I just wish Microsoft would stick with a version and build upon that because this must be costing them millions.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/166008/amd_..._this_year.html
I'll buy new rig when SC2 comes out, hope this one is ready by then
PC for life!
PC for life!
Actually consoles are becoming more pc like they started having cd dvd roms and they went on the network. People started to hack them. And they got cameras now and some even come with keyboards and you can brows the web. What more you want from them. They are trying everything to win you over. I wish though that pcs would get such graphics and computing power like the ps3. Like an 80 core intel cpu and a 100 core gpu by and and crazy multi dimensional code that is just error free and went back in time to test it so it can be released to me like now. Cuz I want it.
Not exactly. The CELL processor is WAY more powerful than even the best i7. Yeah, PCs do have much better GPUs and some (me) would argue that's what counts.
best be trolling.
-obligatory car analogy-
A sports car compared to a motorcycle. Sure, the motorcycle might be faster; it's leaner and lighter, much smaller and cuts through the air better. But it's not general purpose. You can't ride a motorcycle through the snow during winter time. Technically you could, but it's much slower than driving a car.
An Intel I7 is a great processor. It does nearly everything, and it does it all fast. Sure the Cell can crunch numbers and crank out more Folding@Home work units than 3 or 4 I7 processors put together; but it sucks at doing 80% of the other work a typical desktop computer has to offer.
A better comparison would be between the I7 and the PS3's PowerPC based PPE since that's more of a general purpose processor. The SPE (the Cell-based processing units in the PS3) are more like DSPs (or even GPUs), they're really great - amazing even- at what they do, but what they can do is pretty limited in some ways.
sorry i know its cruel but i had to laugh at this statement .
Intel is just taking a crap on them in the CPU dept.
And since Nvidia lags behind, developers tend to stick with the older Dx revision or skip minor revisions all together.
The nice thing is, the same function present in Dx 10 that's in Dx 11 will still be run via hardware accelerated as if it was made for dx11.
The fact is that most popular games will or already use dx10,: Devil may cry 4, starcraft 2, bla bla
I know me and all my friends have bought xbox's or PS3's , its just too silly now with upgrades . But mainly the fact that you can buy a game and even with a fast PC it can run like **** . Never thought i would see the day i purchased more game son console than PC .
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