Another Indie that has 0 exposure to DX12, in other words, someone who is talking out of their a$$.

First legit dev to actually come out and say this, looks like he's trying to put himself on the map. The way he's talking though sounds like he has no experience with it. What I actually find funny (besides how his quote was hacked for this title) is that then he immediately goes on to say how he's an AMD fan, and looking forward to mantle because he's heard it makes huge differences. Ok so wait, let me get this straight, you like mantle, think it will provide huge gains, yet DX12 is getting "ripped" for being a copy of mantle because of similarities, yet AMD themselves have nothing but extreme praise for DX12 and admit that they have actually helped in the development of DX12 for the last 3-4 years??? This makes me question his true motive in saying this.

If AMD themselves say that DX12 is everything Mantle is and more...and they are excited about it...why would you be excited about mantle, yet not expect much from DX12? Sounds like an indie dev trying to get some publicity really.

I can't help but notice that all the praise for DX12 comes from third parties that have hands on with it, while all the skepticism comes from those that haven't. Are we really this desperate to trash DX12 before it's launch that we are searching for any quote from anyone to say it's not all it's cracked up to be? ..and in this case they even had to hack his quote to do it.

DirectX12 will be massive...for PC. Not for XBOX One.

Sony will optimize the PS4 in a similar way. The difference will likely just about go back to square one with console power differences. XBOX One might close the gap a little given Microsoft's software optimization expertise.

Then again, the Cloud is the wild card we don't yet understand. I reserve judgment.

lol - who is this guy again?

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Indie Developer who hasn't gone hands-on with DX12 yet speculates it's advantages.

I too, can speculate about things I've no experience with.

This isn't an informed verdict.

I honestly don't care if its a massive upgrade or not. I just would like to know it will help enable the X1 games to hit 1080p 60fps easily enough if that is the developers desire.

Why are Gamingbolt asking every developer about DX12? Especially indie devs. In all likelihood they don't have access so know as much about it as the general public. Unless you're talking to AAA or Microsoft devs it pointless as they will likely be the only devs with access to any beta builds of DX12. Go interview the Forza team who actually used it to port Forza to it for PC.

Gamingbolt seem to have an agenda to downplay the improvements it could bring. Especially in regards to the Xbox One. This is about the third interview they've run where devs make vague comments then they just run away making there own negative assumptions.

It WILL improve performance but it definitely won't match anything on PS4.

DX 12 will have a much bigger impact on pc gaming , competition will catch up and correct what dx 12 couldn't achieve/did wrong .. same story with dx 9 - 10 -10.1 - 11 etc . that's about it.

but, but, but it will double, triple... it will out perform the PS4, even a Titan card. It will get from 1.30 tflop to 10 tflops....

In dreamland that is possible. In real world of gaming you need a good GPU and a good setup in the ram department. None of these you cand find on the xbox one. Thats a problema that no secreat sauce, dgpu, multiple co-processors, cloud, SDK, DX12 will overcame.

Will the games on the Xbox one get better with time, YES. And xbox gamers should be happy with that, BUT the problem today and in the future is that Xbox gamers want to say they have the most powerfull machine, the most advanced game...

The cant accept that the PS4 is more powerfull, easy, faster and better build for games from the start.

They are all waiting for a game that runs in a higher rez and frame that the ps4 version...

A developer (indie or not) with experience in programming and a knowledge of hardware has praised DX12 and basically said it will be useful, but nothing amazing....

How can anyone disagree with that?....Who here is qualified to challenge him? Are you all programmers?...How do you know he hasn't had access to DX12 or similar?

It's one thing to disagree with a fanboy on here, but some of you are super delusional and have fallen into the depths of denial.

This is insane ;/

With that comment from this dev he is also talking aout PC. This guy is talking about a product he never seen. I believe Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Crytek and Epic that DX-12 is a huge game changer.

smh so said dev has not worked on DX12 but says it wont make difference lmao...Let me try his approach then new BMW 525 will not drive better than the old model even though i have not seen it or driven it yet they say it its more powerful now but i say not at all mind you I have not driven the new one just the old model SMH...Who approves these articles get devs who are currently working on it to comment

Its like saying that a new type of oil will make your BMW run 2x times faster...

Or a new type of gas will make yout car gain 200 horsepower...

Just PR, because you got nothing to show that.

Microsoft is again building huge hype with something and then it will all...

Xbone preorder cancelled....oh wait

I'm betting that the current trailer for The Evil Within was made with an xbox1. Just a wild guess.

A dev talking some sense.

DX12 is great for spreading CPU workload on many cores. It will help the xbone for sure, but it's marginal because it's the gpu that is miting the gaming experience in this case. Probably will help a lot on AMD cpu system and uber high end intel with many gpus.

It is best to let anyone who want to believe that DX12 is a magical secret sauce to believe it. When you have nothing to brag about, You have no choice than to believe in fairy tales.

When DX12 arrives, we will witness the truth and we are going to say to many: we told you so.

“As a slight AMD fan myself I would like for Mantle to be adopted and I think that it will perhaps not have the same reach as DX12 will but it seems at the moment that quite a few developers are adopting it and it does provide some very nice performance boosts.”

Wait, what?? AMD, who makes Mantle, has already said "it's equivalent to a 4 generation jump" and head of Intel says "it's one of the biggest jumps in tech in a looong time" so this is utter nonsense that this guy is spewing. Why would he push for Mantle after saying "it will perhaps not have the same reach as DX12"? Does that even make sense? Do you really think after 4 yrs of development this jump will still land them behind everyone else?

XB1 and DX12 have been built from the ground up to run together this gen. The X in Xbox has always stood for DXxx, It's not just a simple update. Smarter API allocation to operate all cores more efficiently. 50% reduction of overhead to allow even more computes which ESSENTIALLY is 2X power, not LITERALLY. Large heatsink with out of console powerbrick because the system will be pushed to the max and probably run hot. Keep denying, it's only a matter of time.

i'm pretty sure the bones gpu can handle 1080p the problem seems to be esram utilization, and honestly the dx12 should make a big difference if cpu usage is reduced by 50%... it's a big deal even if a crappy dev doubts it, i also doubt he will ever make a good game.

DX will do what DX has always done, improve the hardware and software.

I am building a 2160p PC so good buy ps4

Well, that's just a shame.