Lisnpuppy Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Ok I don't have a great understanding of all this so let me ask. Game developers typically code their graphics use that will reach the most folks and still look as good as possible. So if the mantle is something that is for high-end PCs and such...then the developers will have to decide if they want to use it for their games....and if its worth it to reach the greatest audience? Correct? So if there are not many folks upgrading to use it...then developers may hold out of writing games that make use of it until a wider audience is able and willing to use it? Does that sound right? Will this be something that is only put in new high-end PCs or will it reach the middle ground PCs also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Ok I don't have a great understanding of all this so let me ask. Game developers typically code their graphics use that will reach the most folks and still look as good as possible. So if the mantle is something that is for high-end PCs and such...then the developers will have to decide if they want to use it for their games....and if its worth it to reach the greatest audience? Correct? So if there are not many folks upgrading to use it...then developers may hold out of writing games that make use of it until a wider audience is able and willing to use it? Does that sound right? Will this be something that is only put in new high-end PCs or will it reach the middle ground PCs also? At the moment they code for DirectX which takes care of the different GPUs. The problem is DirectX is horribly unoptimised, Mantle lets developers access the cards directly "write to the metal" bypassing DirectX and getting what in theory should be a huge performance boost, it will only work for 77xx AMD GPUs and up though, older ones would default back to DirectX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisnpuppy Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Thank you, Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolfkai Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) Couple this with the news about how PCs will be able to take hold of 4k resolutions and the next gen consoles will only be able to sniff at it, PC gaming's future is looking so bright it'll be like staring at the sun! Gotta wear shades. Edited October 1, 2013 by lonewolf_kai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Couple this with the news about how PCs will be able to take hold of 4k resolutions and the next gen consoles will only be able to sniff at it, PC gaming's future is looking so bright it'll be like staring at the sun! Gotta wear shades. They're struggling with 1080p@60fps Usually a new console generation comes close to PCs before falling away, these aren't even close. For PCs 4K isn't uncommon now, people are downsampling from it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 Sorry for the bump but there's an interesting update on this, it does work on Nvidia cards and EA are backing it big time http://www.redgamingtech.com/amd-mantle-works-on-nvidia-gpus-100000-draw-calls-similar-to-ps4-api-library/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) That's good to here if its compatible with Nvidia cards, makes me more want to get a Ti, but the price of the r290 is soo good. I'm confused... Edited November 21, 2013 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 That's good to here if its compatible with Nvidia cards, makes me more want to get a Ti, but the price of the r290 is soo good. I'm confused... Keep your money in your pocket and let things settle a bit, there's nothing out there that will tax your machine at the moment and doubt there will be for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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