DirectX 11.2 Announced

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/28/2013 08:21 AM | source: | 2 comment(s)

Microsoft has announced DirectX 11.2. And what has Microsoft decided ? Yup, it is exclusive to Windows 8.1 and next-gen consoles, thus forcing you to upgrade. One of the new features is called tiled resources and allows the video card to use system ram in order to improve texture detail.

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#4627091 Posted on: 07/27/2013 05:20 PM

the ability was removed.

licence issues between google and microsoft.

and if the gaming machine had windows 8 install before they removed the ability, it will still work.

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#4627128 Posted on: 07/27/2013 06:46 PM

Awww sht. Thanx man.

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