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Ashes of the Singularity v2.4 update brings Vulkan Support
You probably either hate or love the game, but one thing you've got to give Oxide Games, they push technology onwards constantly. Oxide Games as such just added Vulkan support towards Ashes of the Singularity.
By doing so the game now supported DirectX 11, 12 and Vulkan. Considering there are a lot of Windows 7 users that cannot use D3D12, Vulkan might bring a nice performance boost. Ashes of the Singularity was one of the first DirectX 12 games. With this update for Escalation, the game continues to bring new technology to its players by adding support for Vulkan, a graphics rendering API that can improve Operating System compatibility and performance. For those on Windows 7 and 8, we recommend benchmarking Vulkan compared to DX11 and seeing what offers better performance yourself. This is their first step for Vulkan support, and they will be continuing to optimize and improve compatibility with future releases.
To access the 2.4 opt-in, right click on Ashes of the Singularity Escalation on your Steam Library, select properties and then select the 2.4 opt-in under the betas tab. The game binaries will now update (~1GB).
Right, so I ran some benchmarks with AOTS: Escalation, this is the RAdeon RX Vega 64 at in-game High quality settings with added 2xMSAA at 2560x1440. As you can see coming from DX11, you gain quite a lot in Vulkan. Vulkan however cannot match DX12 performance wise. But if you are on Windows 7 and, this is a very nice performance update to try out if you play the game.
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#5464054 Posted on: 08/17/2017 03:30 PM
Why would anyone "hate" this game? It's a beautifully crafted, modern RTS that attempts to bring all the best from earlier productions and run it on today's multi-core hardware. The attention to detail is remarkable, the graphics are stunning, and the gameplay is fluid and continually refined.
Find something else to hate, such as the endless stream of melee-bound "first person shooters".
RTS are cool to hate, it's been that way for a while.
Neat to see another game supporting Vulkan; I wish more would.
Why would anyone "hate" this game? It's a beautifully crafted, modern RTS that attempts to bring all the best from earlier productions and run it on today's multi-core hardware. The attention to detail is remarkable, the graphics are stunning, and the gameplay is fluid and continually refined.
Find something else to hate, such as the endless stream of melee-bound "first person shooters".
RTS are cool to hate, it's been that way for a while.
Neat to see another game supporting Vulkan; I wish more would.
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#5464061 Posted on: 08/17/2017 03:53 PM
I'm curious if Vulkan performs any worse on Windows 7 than on Windows 10.
Hopefully Vulkan will catch up to the DX12 performance. I assume high DX12 performance in this game has been important for both AMD and Nvidia.
I'm curious if Vulkan performs any worse on Windows 7 than on Windows 10.
Hopefully Vulkan will catch up to the DX12 performance. I assume high DX12 performance in this game has been important for both AMD and Nvidia.
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#5464070 Posted on: 08/17/2017 04:15 PM
This is a game? I always thought that this is just some sort of benchmark demo or something.
This is a game? I always thought that this is just some sort of benchmark demo or something.
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#5464073 Posted on: 08/17/2017 04:19 PM
For the first Vulkan release, I'd say the performance is pretty good. I'm sure they'll add patches to further refine performance.
Why would anyone "hate" this game? It's a beautifully crafted, modern RTS that attempts to bring all the best from earlier productions and run it on today's multi-core hardware. The attention to detail is remarkable, the graphics are stunning, and the gameplay is fluid and continually refined.
Find something else to hate, such as the endless stream of melee-bound "first person shooters".
You kind of answered your own question - the people who hate on this game are the type of people who only play FPSs and adventure games (not RPGs - too complex for them). RTSs are a very adult genre since they require critical thinking and patience. RTSs punish you pretty hard for failure, and a lot of kids can't handle that - why do you think so many schools hand out awards for things like coming in 6th place, "great enthusiasm", or "being a team player"?
That being said, I noticed most people who hate on RTSs are also the type of people who don't like playing shooters like UT where you have to actually have skill to win. I never liked games where you die in just a couple hits, because it really comes down to "whoever sees you first wins". I want to be able to put up a fight, and I want who I'm facing to prove themselves. I'll pretty much never play a game like CS:GO or Battlefield for this reason.
For the first Vulkan release, I'd say the performance is pretty good. I'm sure they'll add patches to further refine performance.
Why would anyone "hate" this game? It's a beautifully crafted, modern RTS that attempts to bring all the best from earlier productions and run it on today's multi-core hardware. The attention to detail is remarkable, the graphics are stunning, and the gameplay is fluid and continually refined.
Find something else to hate, such as the endless stream of melee-bound "first person shooters".
You kind of answered your own question - the people who hate on this game are the type of people who only play FPSs and adventure games (not RPGs - too complex for them). RTSs are a very adult genre since they require critical thinking and patience. RTSs punish you pretty hard for failure, and a lot of kids can't handle that - why do you think so many schools hand out awards for things like coming in 6th place, "great enthusiasm", or "being a team player"?
That being said, I noticed most people who hate on RTSs are also the type of people who don't like playing shooters like UT where you have to actually have skill to win. I never liked games where you die in just a couple hits, because it really comes down to "whoever sees you first wins". I want to be able to put up a fight, and I want who I'm facing to prove themselves. I'll pretty much never play a game like CS:GO or Battlefield for this reason.
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Why would anyone "hate" this game? It's a beautifully crafted, modern RTS that attempts to bring all the best from earlier productions and run it on today's multi-core hardware. The attention to detail is remarkable, the graphics are stunning, and the gameplay is fluid and continually refined.
Find something else to hate, such as the endless stream of melee-bound "first person shooters".