Tag Archives: DirectX

Running anything Remedy/Futuremark/MadOnion/UL in 2020

Posted on December 25, 2020 by Scali

There has always been a tie between Futuremark and the demoscene. It all started with the benchmark Final Reality, released by Remedy Entertainment in 1997. Remedy Entertainment was a gaming company, founded by demosceners from the legendary Future Crew and … Continue reading →

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Batch, batch, batch: Respect the classics!

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Scali

Today I randomly stumbled upon some discussions about DirectX 12, Mantle and whatnot. It seems a lot of people somehow think that the whole idea of reducing draw call overhead was new for Mantle and DirectX 12. While some commenters … Continue reading →

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GameWorks vs GPUOpen: closed vs open does not work the way you think it does

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Scali

I often read people claiming that GameWorks is unfair to AMD, because they don’t get access to the sourcecode, and therefore they cannot optimize for it. I cringe everytime I read this, because it is wrong on so many levels. … Continue reading →

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Direct3D 11.3 (and nVidia’s Maxwell Mark 2)

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Scali

A few days ago, nVidia introduced the new GTX970 and GTX980, based on the Maxwell architecture. A bit of a surprise however, is that this is a ‘Mark 2’ version of the Maxwell architecture, which has some new features that … Continue reading →

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Richard Huddy back at AMD, talks more Mantle…

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Scali

Richard Huddy did an interview with Tech Radar. One of the things he discussed there was the current state of Mantle, and its future. One interesting passage in the interview is this: DirectX is a generic APi. It covers Intel … Continue reading →

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Who was first, DirectX 12 or Mantle? nVidia or AMD?

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Scali

There has been quite a bit of speculation on which API and/or which vendor was first… I will just list a number of facts, and then everyone can decide for themselves. Microsoft’s first demonstrations of working DX12 software (3DMark and … Continue reading →

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DirectX 12: A first quick look

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Scali

Today, Microsoft has presented the first information on DirectX 12 at the Game Developers Conference, and also published a blog on DirectX 12. nVidia also responded with a blog on DirectX 12. In Direct3D 12, the idea of deferred contexts … Continue reading →

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Alex St. John: The Evolution of Direct3D

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Scali

I just stumbled upon this blog by Alex St. John, one of the creators of DirectX at Microsoft: http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2013/07/22/the-evolution-of-direct3d/ It gives a very interesting view on how OpenGL and Direct3D related to each other in the early days, within Microsoft. … Continue reading →

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Valve to bring Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to linux

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Scali

There have been rumours about a linux version of Steam for a long time, but a few days ago, Valve finally made an official announcement of Steam for linux. At the same time, they are also making Left 4 Dead … Continue reading →

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Be aware of the world around you

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Scali

Now that we are nearing the release of Windows 8, I think it is a good time to talk about the changes in the world of technology in general, and how you deal with them. As a software developer, it … Continue reading →

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