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#5655654 Posted on: 03/30/2019 05:59 PM
I've been using Win10 with WDDM 1.3 on my notebook for years now without any noticeable issues whatsoever. 2.0+ is required for DX12 (at least on Win10) but that's about it really. Further 2.x updates have added various features like HDR and VR support but don't expect much visible to end user from 2.6.
I've been using Win10 with WDDM 1.3 on my notebook for years now without any noticeable issues whatsoever. 2.0+ is required for DX12 (at least on Win10) but that's about it really. Further 2.x updates have added various features like HDR and VR support but don't expect much visible to end user from 2.6.
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#5655689 Posted on: 03/30/2019 08:40 PM
VRS is a shading feature, I doubt that it has any relation to WDDM.
I guess VRS will be in 2.6, even though Turing supports it now.
VRS is a shading feature, I doubt that it has any relation to WDDM.
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#5655724 Posted on: 03/31/2019 12:02 AM
Why not? Wolfenstein 2 is using it already albeit via Vulkan extension. Performance gain is completely dependent on content and the implementation of VRS into the engine though.
I have no idea if using VRS on the desktop would improve performance.
Why not? Wolfenstein 2 is using it already albeit via Vulkan extension. Performance gain is completely dependent on content and the implementation of VRS into the engine though.
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#5655760 Posted on: 03/31/2019 07:48 AM
Oh, you mean desktop environment? No, I don't think so. There's also no need since it's hardly requires any processing power.
Yeah, would it really benefit the Windows desktop? It's pretty static...maybe if it was more interactive. Possibly in the future.
Oh, you mean desktop environment? No, I don't think so. There's also no need since it's hardly requires any processing power.
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This is mostly about technical details and backend graphics features that don't get advertised. If a new feature comes from it for the user, it'll usually be advertised as part of the driver release that enables it.
I have no clue why people obsess about this so much. There is hundreds of driver/OS interfaces, a couple for graphics alone, what makes this particular one so special?
Additionally, some/many features are optional, so even if a driver claims to be for a particular WDDM version doesn't necessarily mean it automatically enables all of those things at once.