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by dkersten 3417 days ago
1) The low level thing MS has is DirectX 12. I saw some benchmarks across multiple graphics cards that showed it was slower than Vulkan, but I can't seem to find it now... so its unclear to me if it is or isn't slower.

2) I think the people here would rather it be developed by an independent group like Khronos Group. For example, Apple created OpenCL as an open standard too and then abandoned it.
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MBCook 3416 days ago
On one, ok. I haven't followed DirectX too closely. I knew 12 was designed to match modern GPUs much closer but I didn't know if that was sort of 'medium' between DX 11 and Vulcan, there being something even lower from MS.

Thanks.

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dkersten 3416 days ago
Im sure it was probably just early drivers and its faster now (or at least getting faster).
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