Saturday, March 19, 2011

DirectX intentionally blocking PC performance?



          We often have at least ten times as much horsepower (in PC) as an Xbox 360 or a PS3 in a high-end graphicscard, yet it's very clear that the games don't look ten times as good
                          ~Richard Huddy, AMD.

AMD suggested that without API:s like DirectX, we could use full potential of modern pc hardware. Company claims that directx is being held back for the sake of console development. According to Huddy one of the most common requests from developer is to, "Make the API go away."

"Being able to have total control over the machine, which is what the very best games developers want. By giving you access to the hardware at the very low level, you give games developers a chance to innovate, and that's going to put pressure on Microsoft – no doubt at all," said Huddy.

When API was created, it had intention to ensure code can run on as wide a range of hardware as possible. He admits it's not suitable for every developer to remove DX: "I don't want anything to do with that, but presumably it depends on what you're developing. If you're making Crysis 3 or something like that, then it may be exactly what you want."

I don't think he means talking the metal directly but to take away the hand holding that DX, as it can be done lot better than it is currently.


Also here's some finnish reggae again for weekend :


11 comments:

  1. Interesting read my man! looking forward to your next post!

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  2. Woah, I agree with that statement. I want a world without consoles, but at the same time if we didn't have them, the gaming market wouldn't be as rich.

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  3. That's a really good point in the opening quote. Something shady must be going on, it's unfortunate for us.

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  4. interesting, can you go deeper about that I wish to know more.

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  5. Wow I suck with computers,
    Thanks for the read Followed!

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  6. API turn-off switch would be a great thing to release the pc potential, as long as the APIs could still be turned on, because, as I understand, they hold a vital role in allowing lesser developers (who might not be able to use graphic card's resources directly in an effective way) to create games and other horsepower-demanding software

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  7. I've heard before about software being introduced to artificially maintain a market for ever-increasing technology in hardware. Never occurred to me that DirectX might be the main culprit.

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  8. interesting, i always thought that. Why is this game not better looking that in an xbox when i meet minimum and exceed the recommended.

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  9. Excellent post man! Was a really interesting read! thanks for sharing!

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