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Subject: DirectX 11.2
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newt182 27.06.13 - 12:09am
Microsoft revealed a new feature for DirectX 11.2 and Windows 8.1 today called tiled resources that enables a graphics card to display a huge amount of detail without overwhelming it with memory-intensive textures.Tiled resources automatically swaps in the details whenever a gamer is looking closely at it. This should enable developers to pack in tons of lifelike textures. This functionality is only available on Windows 8.1 and next-gen consoles. * +
newt182 27.06.13 - 12:09am
The motivation for doing something like this is to enable you to make games with unprecedented amounts of detail, Microsoft vice president of Windows Antoine Leblond said in a presentation at the companys Build conference today in San Francisco. Leblond demonstrated this technology using a map of Mars that was blurry whenever he zoomed into the landscape. He then turned on tiled resources, which made the minutiae of the surface of Mars pop with crispness. * +
newt182 27.06.13 - 12:09am
In a different demo, Leblond zoomed in on a glider to show its rivets and dirt smudges. This feature should improve visual performance on any PC running Windows 8.1, and it is something developers will have access to on Xbox One. http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/26/microsoft-reveals-how-tiled-resources-enables-detailed-graphics-on-xbox-one-and-windows-8-1/ * +
norega 27.06.13 - 09:18am
More bulls**t from microfail to try and get pc gamers to switch to there cr*p operating system . Getting desperate now they have to come up with this . * +
norega 27.06.13 - 09:21am
This is the reason i will move to linux as soon as native support is added which wont be to long now . Microsofts bloated operating systems have had there day . Linux is the future as i said ages ago . * +
newt182 27.06.13 - 06:13pm
Well I would like gaming to move to an open source platform like Linux, thing is though, do Valve have enough influence over developers and publishers to make it happen? * +
norega 27.06.13 - 07:31pm
It is going to happen . Microsoft is slowly going to lock down windows so it is a completely closed system much like apple os . * +
norega 27.06.13 - 07:33pm
Microsoft could even kill pc gaming by locking down windows .If they start charging fee's to publish games on there closed os much like apple do it could put developers off releasing anything on pc . Thats why we need native linux support now before its to late . * +
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