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DirectX 11 explained

As gamers, we often hear about DirectX 11, but do you really know what that means? Icrontic explains in depth what this technology means for gamers and enthusiasts alike.

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ChickeyCantor6089d ago

I like how DirectX is still growing.
Especially the part how it makes use of multithreading( although just now?)

Pandamobile6089d ago

*Improvements in multithreading.

DX10 already supported hundreds of stream processors. Compute shaders just take it to the next level.

TheIneffableBob6089d ago

The multithreading improvements deal with the CPU.

Kakkoii6089d ago

Yeah, as Bob said. It's talking about the CPU in that case. There's also improvements in the communication between the CPU and GPU.

Pandamobile6089d ago

Ooh. I thought it was just with the streamies. But yeah, that's good too. I wonder if it'll cut down on system RAM usage too. Crysis in DX9 mode uses 1.5 GB of RAM and in DX10 it uses under 1 GB.

Kakkoii6089d ago

Yeah it should cut down on RAM usage quite a bit in games that take advantage of the new texture compression algorithm's it employs. And also at the same time RAM is becoming cheaper. The default RAM amount's on ATI's new 5870 is going to be 1GB/2GB.

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fossilfern6089d ago

I miss OpenGL :(

But they ruined it for themselves, ack well i get to play games thats all im concerned about :D

sukru6089d ago

id software was the last big shop that was OpenGL centric (thus providing us with Linux ports of their games), but in one of the latest interviews, Carmack told they might not port id tech 5 (Rage) to Linux at this time.

This is sad.

Major_Tom6089d ago

It's sad state of affairs isn't it. There used to be a time where the most updated version of OPENGL was mandatory.

Pew pew, Microsoft.

Nihilism6089d ago

there's no mention of any dx11 features running on dx10 hardware, i remember reading that some of the dx11 would run in dx10 hardware, they lied!

Pandamobile6089d ago

No, I as far as I know, DX10 cards will still be able to do most of the stuff the DX11 cards can, just significantly slower because they're not designed to do it.

Kakkoii6089d ago

DirectCompute should work on all DX10 cards. As it works by using the programmable shaders that have been on the cards for a few generations now. But I could be wrong, there may have been some architecture tweak needed for it to work on both NV/ATI programmable shaders.

It's mainly the CPU side improvements that people with DX10 cards should be able to take advantage of. As that part is separate from the GPU. It's more of an OS improvement.

But Tessellation and the new texture compression won't be available to DX10 cards.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio13d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing13d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9213d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit13d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing13d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9213d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."