Oh no, I can't take credit for that. But when I saw him post that original snow gif, it made me think of this one and it applied to how the thread turned out.
Some others involving the snow guy:
DirectX 12 adds a 20% gpu boost to the PC version of Fable
- Thread starter RyudBoy
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Oh no, I can't take credit for that. But when I saw him post that original snow gif, it made me think of this one and it applied to how the thread turned out.
Some others involving the snow guy:
Ol No Bones
Banned
These posts are getting so old. The difference between coding specifically for a set hardware like the Xbox One and primarily to the API is the ease of use for devs. You could spend a shit ton of time squeezing as much "power" out of an XB1 as you are capable of but most developers wouldn't want to spend the time and resources to make that happen or in some cases might not have the talent or knowledge of the Xbox One to make that happen. If the API did 90% of that work for them is it possible that many XB1 games will look better as a result of some DirectX 12 features the answer is absolutely yes. Too what extent? We don't really know yet. Were the things that the DirectX API addresses on PC and Xbox One already possible on Xbox One? Yes but more difficult to do. So again will a lot of games look better as a result of DirectX 12? Yes because many developers wouldn't have taken the time and resources to do it themselves on the Xbox One. Does DirectX 12 make the Xbox one more powerful? No.
Hockeymac18
Member
I saw it first on Reddit. And yeah, it's good work.
This is wonderful. Thank you. You made my ride home so much better.
RedAssedApe
Banned
that i agree, new features = new eye candy.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Go look up the DirectX 12 benchmarks on anandtech or something. It isn't a big secret.
Shaunboy97
Member
SniperHunter
Banned
Lol
Not Mine
Pathfinder
Member
Some others involving the snow guy:
I'll never be able to watch The Breakfast Club the same way again.
jmaine_ph
Member
Here's the video of the live conference.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GDC/GDC-2015/The-Future-of-Gaming-Across-the-Microsoft-Ecosystem
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GDC/GDC-2015/The-Future-of-Gaming-Across-the-Microsoft-Ecosystem
Video of the keynote is available online now: http://video.ch9.ms/ch9/ad85/2e0c07a4-0991-4a1f-a83c-d8638351ad85/01PhilSpencerFuture_mid.mp4
edit: beaten by 20% of a minute.
edit: beaten by 20% of a minute.
Oh no, I can't take credit for that. But when I saw him post that original snow gif, it made me think of this one and it applied to how the thread turned out.
Some others involving the snow guy:
these gifs are pure gold, amazing.
jmaine_ph
Member
SUCKA!!!! Lol = P
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-evolution-of-xbox-one-as-told-by-sdk-leak
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/d...its-really-like-to-make-a-multi-platform-game
Etc. Lots has happened.
Also just remember not once has MS talked about a percentage increase coming to XB1 specifically or how it will directly affect it outside of helping with porting between PC and XB1. Think why that mean be...
Tomorrow Children uses a form of it no? - http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=887777
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
This was a pretty solid thread.
Where is that snow guy from?
Where is that snow guy from?
I really don't think there's a point to going into the specifics of how virtual tiling, 3d texturing, allows for things voxel cone tracing, megatexturing, improved shadow maps, etc, in this thread. It's better reserved for a thread on technical discussions.
I'll give you one very specific example. You know that very fast eSRAM on the X1, that's only 6MB in size? You can theoretically stream 32GB worth of textures through it using partial resident textures. Now imagine what you can do with the rest of the RAM on these consoles.
Now think of shadow maps which are still a big deal in games. Typically very low resolution, limited to a select number of objects. Tapping into something like this, would allow you to create much more believable lighting and shadows for an environment. Again something that's been available since DX11.2, yet hardly anyone's taken advantage. Something like this will make a much bigger impact on game's visuals than increasing the resolution from 900p to 1080p. It doesn't mean jack shit that you can run a game at 4K, if your native shadow maps are still being rendered at sub HD resolutions. All that's going to allow for is to clearly see how nasty and low res they are. Or if your main textures, actually mapped to in-game objects, are natively at much lower res. Sure your final frame is rendered at 4k, or 1080p or what have you, but the clarity of the textures on the objects is still ultimately decided by the original size and resolution of the texture that's been UV mapped on a object made of 3D polygons. Virtual tiles and partial resident textures, allows you to increase the quality of these textures 10 fold.
I can't think of too many, if any, multiplatform devs that's actually put out a product that really takes advantage of that.
And that's just one example of one directly tangible benefit of the API. There are many more.
This makes alot of sense for those that ever replaced a graphics card in their PC. When I was a big PC parts pack rat, I had some old cards that couldnt even use Direct X 9 or 10, cant remember which. The card in my current PC cant even use 11...
Well there you go.
Actual quote
Phil Spencer said:
Also Black tusk studios and Turn 10 logos at 22:03... Gears/Forza coming to PC or working on PC games? Otherwise they seem out of place there.
With update, this becomes hilarious
jmaine_ph
Member
What time stamp did you hear that quote?
Can confirm. He was clearly talking about the PC version. Windowscentral f'ed up.
Around 23:51
Edit -
Like with a lot of stuff
i.e HoloLens APK loool instead of likely being SDK because apk doesn't make sense as it refers to what an android app is packaged as.
Crayon
Member
That one was a joke, too.
The real ones are the people that were crying about having their xbox parade rained on. And the ones on the other side claiming no big ps4 gets secret power boosts.
Many of the drive by 'sell your ps4' posts were jokes from people who knew this couldnt be true... And funny enough, also knew that many would believe it.
How do people not understand that this doesn't translate into a 20% boost to the Xbox One? It has already been stated that that's not the case. The claims that this negates PS4's power advantage is just ridiculous, intentional ignorance.
On top of that, folks act as if PS4 has to use old APIs, when there are already new developments for things like OpenGL that have similar improvements.
Besides my annoyance with fanboys though, I'm really excited for this in the PC platform - as a member of the master race.
. I'm hopeful that this'll also become what finally takes a huge advantage of multicore chips and HT.
On top of that, folks act as if PS4 has to use old APIs, when there are already new developments for things like OpenGL that have similar improvements.
Besides my annoyance with fanboys though, I'm really excited for this in the PC platform - as a member of the master race.
lol
Mafia Films
Neo Member
if ps4 has any power boosts im not banking or hyping them, who cares...
im waiting to hear the latest 50% and 20% numbers being boasted by the X-gang. tell me something else besides the hype/speculation with the xbox. how about the games you enjoy or you bought it cause of your friends are on there.
"Hey im playing destiny with my homies, its a fun game" Vs. "OMG its 200%, now 50%, no 20% increase..SPENCER SAID. HE TOLD ME IN A BED TIME STORY WE'D GET LOCKED 1080P 60FPS)
miDnIghtEr20C
Banned
In all seriousness.. .didn't Phil say long ago that DX12 wouldn't do much for my beloved X1?
Pathfinder
Member
Shh, you'll kill the memes...
Pretty much.
DirgeExtinction
Member
Lol, so this thread went from the XBO getting a 20% GPU boost to Fable Legends getting a 20% GPU boost...on PC?
Lmao
Lmao
Always funny watching the meltdowns at every MS press conference.
Dont worry they will have a new insider tomorrow with more hope!!!!
thelastword
Banned
It was just a bad port, even the pc was missing a feature. To be blunt, a lot of these games would not even get made had it not been for consoles, which brings me to the point...The PS4 is the highest selling console, so I fail to see how Capcom would prioritize the xbone port over that of the PS4 (I'm not saying it can't happen though, I mean you never know), but it's highly unlikely, since they're in a position to sell more copies on the PS4. I'm thinking that their own bottom-line is important to them.
Anyway, this was quite an entertaining thread, from the first few pages to the Micheal Knight and Hockey gifs and anybody who might have said "every bit helps".....(on account of that 20% ...).
Because when we had a "why dont people play on PC?" thread on this forum we had everyone coming out of the wood work claiming expensive/too complicated/comfy couch yet those people sell their xbone when a xbone exclusive come to PC?
Give me a break.
Pathfinder
Member
geordiemp
Member
Game on lol
Always a fun read, just wait to E3
seriously though, the PC / Xb1 games for windows thing is clear as mud for me, no idea whats going on. Guess all will be clear soon enough.
Memorabilia
Member
I just threw up a little in my mouth....
Yeah no game announcements.
It should just be "every first party game is coming to PC." Shouldn't be that hard.