Microsoft’s Mike Ybarra has shed more light on DirectX 12, a Windows 10 exclusive, and how it’ll work with new and existing hardware.
Ybarra said that while DirectX 12 will work with existing GPUs, a new graphics card is required to get “the full benefits” of DirectX 12.
“There will be DX 11.1 cards that take advantage of a lot of the driver and software tech that we’re bringing in Windows 10, but if you want the full benefits of DX12, you’re going to need a DX12 card,” he said.
“While we are not yet ready to detail everything related to DirectX12, we can share that we are working closely with all of our hardware partners to help ensure that most modern PC gaming hardware will work well with DirectX12, including; NVIDIA’s Maxwell, Kepler and Fermi-based GPUs, Intel’s 4th generation (and newer) Core processors and AMD’s Graphics Core Next (GCN) based GPUs,” Microsoft added via press release afterward. “We’ll have more to share about DirectX12 at GDC in March.”
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