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    Microsoft Announces DirectX 12 Ultimate

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by thegreatsquare, Mar 19, 2020.

  1. thegreatsquare

    thegreatsquare Notebook Deity

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    https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/geforce-rtx-ready-for-directx-12-ultimate/

    In 2018, GeForce RTX graphics cards launched with numerous ‘ world’s first’ graphics technologies: hardware-accelerated ray tracing, Variable Rate Shading, Mesh Shading, and more. These technologies represent the biggest leap in graphics since the invention of programmable shaders in 2002, bringing cinema-quality reflections, shadows, and lighting to games.

    Now, Microsoft has announced DirectX 12 Ultimate, their new graphics API, which codifies GeForce RTX’s innovative technologies as the standard for multi-platform, next-gen games.
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    I think they should have gone with XIII, the odd ones have been the good ones.
     
    thegreatsquare, Mar 19, 2020
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    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Maybe the next DX iteration will get naming help from Square Enix ...

    DirectX Ultimatum Replicant Gestalt Re[in]carnation ver. 12.2474487139/2 Days
     
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    That sounds more like Ubisoft with their Ultimate Gold editions and Year 1 Battle passes.

    SE would be something like Rise of the DirectX 12, then Shadow of the DirectX 12.
     
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    You apparently haven't seen Neir and kingdom hearts
     
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