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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by bitwize on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:26AM (#16258382)
Polaris could also introduce new APIs (DX13, HoloLens 2.0, etc.) that will only work in the UWP layer and be inaccessible from Win32.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by Narishma on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:54AM (#16258637)
The more likely scenario is that nobody will end up using those APIs, especially if there are alternatives like Vulkan that work on older Windows versions.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by pjmlp on Friday February 02, 2018 @04:08AM (#16289347)
I remember when everyone was supposed to go GNU/Linux because DX 10 was Vista only while OpenGL was everywhere, so yeah, right.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by jblow on Monday January 29, 2018 @11:47AM (#16258575)
That would kill HoloLens and DX13.
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by bitwize on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:11PM (#16295286)
Not if Microsoft buys Valve!
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Re:MS to Give Windows 10 a ‘Modern’ Overhaul with Light Weig... by megaman22 on Monday January 29, 2018 @10:43PM (#16262745)
What are the stats on even DX12 penetration?

I still encounter a fair numver of new games that are built on DX9, not even DX11.

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