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Is there any hardware that supports only DX12 and not Vulkan? My understanding is the only extant device is the Xbox One, which doesn't support Vulkan not beca
by zanny 8y ago
Is there any hardware that supports only DX12 and not Vulkan?
My understanding is the only extant device is the Xbox One, which doesn't support Vulkan not because the hardware lacks the ability or drivers (since its an AMD SoC shared with the PS4 and using GCN 3 tech) but because of politics trying to lock developers into their API over the industry standard.
Trying to fight politics with software rarely ends well, especially with hobbyist software. Microsoft has complete control over their console and are probably willing to take moves to prevent the use of transpilers on their platform in the same vein Apple has.
- shmerl 8y agoBoth recent Xbox and PlayStation hardware should support Vulkan just fine, so it is dirty political and anti-competitive tactic not to support it there. But if MS will try banning things like translation layers, they already can get some anti-trust pushback. Apple while being complete lock-in jerks, so far didn't prevent usage of MoltenVK on their systems. Recent incident with using private APIs was resolved, and Apple allowed applications that use MoltenVK back on iOS.
- muizelaar 8y ago5th generation Intel chips support Direct3D12 and not Vulkan. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005524/graphics-drivers.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000...
- microcolonel 8y agoIf I'm not mistaken, Mesa/ANV supports Vulkan back to Haswell (with some limitations until Broadwell).
- johncolanduoni 8y agoNot on Windows unfortunately :/
- shmerl 8y agoUp until Ivy Bridge with more limitations.
- shmerl 8y agoThey support it fine on Linux.