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DirectX 12 Available with Windows 10
Microsoft posted on their blog that they will be shipping DirectX 12 with Windows 10. While Microsoft first announced DirectX 12 several months ago, this is the first time the company has stated publicly it will be a part of the final Windows 10 launch, which is scheduled to happen sometime in mid to late 2015. Microsoft says:
"We especially encourage gamers to help us make this release great for you by becoming Windows Insiders. Game developers who are part of our DirectX 12 Early Access program have even more incentive to join the Windows Insider program. These game developers will receive everything they need to kickstart their DX12 development, including: updated runtime, API headers, drivers, documentation, and samples, all of which will work with the Windows 10 Technical Preview."
Unreal 4 Engine 4.4 Supports DirectX 12!
As we announced in our last blog post, members of our Early Access program who subscribe to Unreal Engine 4can receive source access to the DX12 port of UE4. We’ve worked with Epic to create a DX12 branch on the UE4 GitHub repository. This branch supports UE 4.4, the latest publically released version of the Unreal 4 Engine! Come join our open development project and help make DX12 great!
From Asteroids to Mountains, Intel Rocks!
In the comments section of our last blog post, several of you asked about support for other graphics vendors. We have great working relationships with all graphics vendors and you can expect to see a continual showcase of their progress.
In fact, in the same week as the Maxwell event, Max McMullen, our development lead, was also present at theIntel Development Forum where he unveiled the latest details on our new binding model while Michael Apodaca from Intel explained how Intel has optimized their driver for DX12. These optimizations made it possible for Intel to create the Asteroids demo, which they revealed at Siggraph, showing the performance and power savings of DX12. You can see more details on the asteroids demo here.
Intel has graciously agreed to make the source for their compelling Asteroids demo available to all developers in the DX12 Early Access program.
Oh, and the screenshot above? That was a screenshot from an Intel Haswell graphics DX12 machine running UE4.4’s Landscape Mountains demo.
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#4928741 Posted on: 10/03/2014 09:05 AM
So should we expect dx12 sooner than late 2015? I hope for some public tech demo at least so we can try it out.
Win7 didn't even had support for 11.x so i guess it was pretty obvious dx12 won't be supported. In my opinion , they have very little reason to , because win10 will be better in every possible way, and things should be moving forward if we want to see some real improvement
So should we expect dx12 sooner than late 2015? I hope for some public tech demo at least so we can try it out.
Win7 didn't even had support for 11.x so i guess it was pretty obvious dx12 won't be supported. In my opinion , they have very little reason to , because win10 will be better in every possible way, and things should be moving forward if we want to see some real improvement
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#4928746 Posted on: 10/03/2014 09:11 AM
So the question now is with the new maxwell cards supporting dx12 will the win 10 upgrade for users like me who have win 8.1 pro be free aswell?
So the question now is with the new maxwell cards supporting dx12 will the win 10 upgrade for users like me who have win 8.1 pro be free aswell?
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#4928759 Posted on: 10/03/2014 09:37 AM
Why would they? They're a business. Sometimes between different year models of cars the only difference is the software they program the ECU and transmission with, and yet, you don't see them saying hey! free upgrade! It's a good example, because someone who bought a car in 2014 isn't likely to upgrade to the next car, especially if it's almost identical apart from the software. The car company loses nothing, yet they don't do it.
Microsoft loses a lot by supporting DirectX 12 on Windows 7. They would have to change the driver model, cause a whole lot of issues with drivers and compatibility, and encourage people to stick with Windows 7 instead of upgrading to Windows 10. It would be a huge loss financially, both with the reduced uptake of Windows 10 and the extra support for Windows 7. Completely unreasonable to even suggest they should do that!
It would also be only benefiting the minority of people. Most people are still on Windows 7 simply because they haven't upgraded their computer (apart from those OEM's that have gone back to it, users loss). The computer hardware probably wouldn't be able to play the latest high end games which will be the ones that really benefit from DirectX 12, so again pointless.
Basically, once Windows 10 comes out, and you build a new computer and use Windows 7, the lack of DirectX 12 or other functionality is simply because you're too stubborn to go to Windows 10! May sound harsh, but true.
Of course. We all knew it wasn't coming to Windows 7 because Microsoft doesn't actually care.
Why would they? They're a business. Sometimes between different year models of cars the only difference is the software they program the ECU and transmission with, and yet, you don't see them saying hey! free upgrade! It's a good example, because someone who bought a car in 2014 isn't likely to upgrade to the next car, especially if it's almost identical apart from the software. The car company loses nothing, yet they don't do it.
Microsoft loses a lot by supporting DirectX 12 on Windows 7. They would have to change the driver model, cause a whole lot of issues with drivers and compatibility, and encourage people to stick with Windows 7 instead of upgrading to Windows 10. It would be a huge loss financially, both with the reduced uptake of Windows 10 and the extra support for Windows 7. Completely unreasonable to even suggest they should do that!
It would also be only benefiting the minority of people. Most people are still on Windows 7 simply because they haven't upgraded their computer (apart from those OEM's that have gone back to it, users loss). The computer hardware probably wouldn't be able to play the latest high end games which will be the ones that really benefit from DirectX 12, so again pointless.
Basically, once Windows 10 comes out, and you build a new computer and use Windows 7, the lack of DirectX 12 or other functionality is simply because you're too stubborn to go to Windows 10! May sound harsh, but true.
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#4928773 Posted on: 10/03/2014 09:54 AM
Microsoft did backport DX11.0 to Vista.
Considering Windows 7 didn't get DX11.1/11.2, I don't get why people even expected it to get DX12 though.
I mainly want Windows 7 to get DX12 because it's so important for the userbase and uptake of DX12.
If DX12 did come for Windows 7, every system with a Geforce 400 or HD 7000 card would support DX12, whereas it'll start from zero if it's for Windows 10 only.
Microsoft did backport DX11.0 to Vista.
Considering Windows 7 didn't get DX11.1/11.2, I don't get why people even expected it to get DX12 though.
I mainly want Windows 7 to get DX12 because it's so important for the userbase and uptake of DX12.
If DX12 did come for Windows 7, every system with a Geforce 400 or HD 7000 card would support DX12, whereas it'll start from zero if it's for Windows 10 only.
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Of course. We all knew it wasn't coming to Windows 7 because Microsoft doesn't actually care.