AMD releases list of compatible DirectX 12 graphics cards & APUs

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/14/2015 02:02 PM | source: | 52 comment(s)

AMD posted a thing or two on its blog about the DX12 API. The blog entry also lists a handy overview of what cards are actually DX12 compatible.

Now very little is new to the list, other then the fact that AMD is confirming DX12 compatibility with products based on the GPU/IGPs below. Presuming you’ve installed Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10041 (or later) and obtained the latest driver from Windows Update, here’s the list of DirectX 12-ready AMD components.

AMD Radeon R9 Series graphics
AMD Radeon R7 Series graphics
AMD Radeon R5 240 graphics
AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series graphics for OEM systems (HD 8570 and up)
AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series graphics for notebooks
AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics (HD 7730 and up)
AMD Radeon HD 7000M Series graphics for notebooks (HD 7730M and up)
AMD A4/A6/A8/A10-7000 Series APUs (codenamed “Kaveri”)
AMD A6/A8/A10 PRO-7000 Series APUs (codenamed “Kaveri”)
AMD E1/A4/A10 Micro-6000 Series APUs (codenamed “Mullins”)
AMD E1/E2/A4/A6/A8-6000 Series APUs (codenamed “Beema”)

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#5090393 Posted on: 06/06/2015 03:02 AM

Once again this is getting boring and overhyped. All anyone should care is reduced overhead on CPU and CPU core management. Everything else is...in a galaxy far far away where developers will go to year 2017+

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#5092030 Posted on: 06/08/2015 11:08 PM

REALLY hoping that all this talk about vastly improved multi-GPU ends up being more than hot air...

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