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Doom OpenGL VS Vulkan Graphics Performance Analysis
Introduction The Doom series popularised the first-person shooter genre and is still held in high regard decades after the original title’s release. While hyperbole is often used to describe games, it’s evidently clear that Doom deserves the critical acclaim and its place in video gaming history. The franchise’s magical formula…
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NVIDIA Releases GeForce 369.00 Drivers for Developers
Developers who are working on projects based on the OpenGL API will be glad to know that the company has just released its 369.00 beta drivers. These drivers focus mostly on OpenGL compatibility and new OpenGL extensions, including the “ARB_gl_spirv,” which works on graphics cards based on the Kepler architecture…
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Dolphin Emulator Now Has DirectX 12 Support
DirectX 12 is a low-level API which has the potential to allow for console-like optimization across a wide range of PC hardware. While it’s still early days, there’s a great deal of excitement surrounding games with plans to use Microsoft’s revolutionary API. For example, Quantum Break is a DirectX 12…
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Vulkan API Almost 50% Faster Than OpenGL
Intel showcased the benefits of the Vulkan API during SIGGRAPH 2015 and exemplified its viability as a mainstream alternative to OpenGL. The Stardust graphics demonstration was conducted on an Intel PC with a fairly modest quad-core processor to gauge typical performance gains. The OpenGL benchmarks signified a complete lack of…
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Square Enix Pulls Plug on OS X Final Fantasy 14
Pulling game sales after a failed launch seems to be a more common occurrence. Square Enix has announced that they will be pulling the Mac version of Final Fantasy 14 A Realm Reborn after a launch riddled with poor performance. In addition to stopping sales, Square Enix is facilitating refunds for customers…
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We Wave Good Bye to AMD’s Mantle
AMD had a brief moment with their low-level API Mantle, but it looks like Mantle won’t be a term used for much longer. With DirectX 12 just around the corner and the next generation OpenGL, dubbed Vulcan, there just isn’t any room for it anymore. Nvidia denied to back it…
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DirectX 11 Unofficially Heading to Linux
Prior to the launch of Windows 8, gaming on Linux had very little coverage and solely relied on Wine compatibility layers to compile Windows software. While Linux is still a niche outlet, the introduction of SteamOS and a number of native blockbuster games such as Metro 2033 has expanded its appeal. However,…
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OpenGL Vulkan May be Better Than DX12 Says Paradox
WorldsFactory interviewed the developers of Magicka 2 – Pieces Interactive this week. They asked the developers what they thought of DirectX version 12 from a development point of view. Turns out they have a very positive view on it. However at the same time, they said that Vulkan may be…
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Qualcomm To Launch the Adreno 420 GPU Dedicated towards Android Gaming
Qualcomm is said to be launching the latest high-performance Adreno 420 GPU along with the Snapdragon 805 on Wednesday at Google’s annual I/O developer conference, having it be the first addition to Qualcomm’s next-gen SoC GPU series to actually become a final product. It is said that the Adreno 420…
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Android Jelly Bean To Go Past 50% Share
In recent Android news, it seems like the Android 4.x Jelly Bean takes up half of the android share with over 50% of devices running on the Operating System on devices such as smartphones, tablets, phablets, etc. As shown above, the 4.3 Jelly Bean is marked at 2.3% while growing…
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Xbox One Chip Slower Than PlayStation 4, Hardware Specs Revealed
Microsoft were keeping quiet about the hardware of the Xbox One and it appears we now know why. According to speculation, coming from Heise.de the German technology magazine, the Xbox One has a significant weaker GPU part than the PlayStation 4. First lets recap on the PlayStation 4 hardware. The…
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