Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API

Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by Strom on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @10:44PM (#13595535)

I guess he means that Microsoft isn't aggressive enough in distributing these drivers via Windows Update. Definitely the case with older Windows versions like Windows 7 where Windows Update doesn't seem to offer GPU driver updates at all if you have manually installed something like the driver cd that was in the GPU box. However with Windows 10 they have gotten more aggresive in updating these drivers. [1] Still, a lot of people on older Windows versions where the GPU drivers are likely out of date enough not to contain Vulkan.

[1] http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/stop-automatic-driver-upd...

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Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by yellowapple on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @04:52PM (#13602507)

"Still, a lot of people on older Windows versions where the GPU drivers are likely out of date enough not to contain Vulkan."

My guess would be that these same drivers would be out of date enough not to contain DX12, so if that's really the target, then there needs to be a fallback to OpenGL and/or an older DirectX.

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Re:Apple proposes new web 3D graphics API by Strom on Thursday February 09, 2017 @04:14AM (#13605641)

DirectX 12 is only available on Windows 10, so that's the case regardless of drivers.

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