DirectX12 is bad news for Nvidia

Stefan Mileschin · 19th August 2015, 08:54

The Ashes of the Singularity was released recently and from the preliminary data, it looks like AMD graphics cards are going to benefit more from the latest API than Nvidia GeForce cards.

PC Perspective compared the latest AMD Radeon R9 390X graphics card against the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 using the benchmark. It found that the AMD card could perform much better under DirectX12 than Nvidia.

When using the DirectX11 renderer, the Radeon R9 390X manages to score lower fps compared to the GeForce GTX 980.

Under DirectX12, the AMD card manages to score as high as the Nvidia card, gaining a leap in performance. In comparison, the Nvidia card doesn't show as impressive gains with the switch to DX12.

The AMD card benefits from CPUs with higher number of cores. When using CPUs with a lower core count, the performance gain is found to be lower.

Clearly Nvidia is gutted. It was quoted as saying "Ashes of the Singularit"y, in its current form, "is not a good indicator of overall DirectX 12 gaming performance.

http://fudzilla.com/news/processors/...ews-for-nvidia

19th August 2015, 08:54	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	DirectX12 is bad news for Nvidia The Ashes of the Singularity was released recently and from the preliminary data, it looks like AMD graphics cards are going to benefit more from the latest API than Nvidia GeForce cards. PC Perspective compared the latest AMD Radeon R9 390X graphics card against the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 using the benchmark. It found that the AMD card could perform much better under DirectX12 than Nvidia. When using the DirectX11 renderer, the Radeon R9 390X manages to score lower fps compared to the GeForce GTX 980. Under DirectX12, the AMD card manages to score as high as the Nvidia card, gaining a leap in performance. In comparison, the Nvidia card doesn't show as impressive gains with the switch to DX12. The AMD card benefits from CPUs with higher number of cores. When using CPUs with a lower core count, the performance gain is found to be lower. Clearly Nvidia is gutted. It was quoted as saying "Ashes of the Singularit"y, in its current form, "is not a good indicator of overall DirectX 12 gaming performance. http://fudzilla.com/news/processors/...ews-for-nvidia

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