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Originally posted by mdedetrich View Post
Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft anymore (the support ended in 2020) so almost all Windows users (at least gamers) are using Windows 10 or later. Also DX12 does bring significant improvements over DX11.
The improvements from DX12 must still outweigh the cost of switching, learning a new API, engine/plugin/middleware support and so on.
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Originally posted by F.Ultra View Post
That is the situation now yes, but it takes years to develop games so even if they are released in 2021 many where designed back when people refused to upgrade to Windows 10 so back then the benefits of DX12 did not outweigh the possibility to not support Windows 7. So this will of course change as time increases.
The improvements from DX12 must still outweigh the cost of switching, learning a new API, engine/plugin/middleware support and so on.
In any case, most games these days either use one of the common engines so its not their problem or if we are talking about massive game studios they already invested the effort to do so.
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Originally posted by mdedetrich View Post
If its a AAA game then yes the improvements do outweight the cost (which is why most AAA games already support it). If its not a AAA game then the improvements can be marginal but by the same token that means the migration takes less effort.
In any case, most games these days either use one of the common engines so its not their problem or if we are talking about massive game studios they already invested the effort to do so.
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Originally posted by dragorth View Post
D3D12 on Xbox One family. Windows 10 and 11. Since this family together makes the largest market for games on earth, and Vulkan is essentially a response to the early prototypes of D3D12 on Xbox One, we wouldn't have Vulkan without it.Last edited by dragon321; 26 November 2021, 06:20 AM.
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Originally posted by F.Ultra View Post
High chance that those games you looked at where DX11 and not DX12. Release as DX12 and you lock out all those Windows 7 users so most release as DX11, having both DX11 and DX12 is a huge investment so there you really have to get a benefit from DX12 in order to make it worth it.
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