Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an...
by shmerl on Monday March 20, 2017 @04:24AM
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> It doesn't matter if the drivers are available if those GPUs aren't on the motherboard.
My point is, this situation will be shorter than on the desktop. Because as I said, the turnaround of mobile hardware is faster.
> ly in US, not everyone around the world, specially in countries where pre-pay is the way to go, changes their mobile every two years.
In US too, not everyone is going to buy every new model. I'm talking however about manufacturers making them. That happens pretty fast. So Vulkan support on new hardware is probably already a given and this whole thing is a non issue. Any new technology has adoption period.
My point is, this situation will be shorter than on the desktop. Because as I said, the turnaround of mobile hardware is faster.
> ly in US, not everyone around the world, specially in countries where pre-pay is the way to go, changes their mobile every two years.
In US too, not everyone is going to buy every new model. I'm talking however about manufacturers making them. That happens pretty fast. So Vulkan support on new hardware is probably already a given and this whole thing is a non issue. Any new technology has adoption period.