And 7000 series first to fully support dx11.1 and dx11.2

[shankly1985]

Good news amd 7000 series owners, we're soon to be first gpu to fully support dx11.1 and 11.2.
Link below

http://www.maximumpc.com/driver_update_will_add_directx_112_support_amd_radeon_hd_7000_series_gpus

Also on there Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/AMDGaming?hc_location=timeline

Trivia Tuesday: Did you know that the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series is the only GPU family to support DirectX® 11.1 and soon 11.2? http://bit.ly/17ZbUfK

 

[Threepwood]

Bonus! Thanks for the info.

 

[snips86x]

FB link is dead, but that is great news as my new 7970 arrives at the end of the week.

 

[andybird123]

Just to mention that 11.1 and 11.2 mostly just add debug features for devs

the only new eye candy feature is tiled resources, which is already supported on NV cards

http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/0...graphics-with-less-memory-at-microsoft-build/

 

[Final8y]

OK. Enough with this kind of misunderstanding.
Let's see the facts:
- DX11.2 will be supported by any DX11 or DX11.1 GPUs.
- Tiled Resources support is not mandatory, it's just an option.

I created a list that contains the most relevant gaming features in DX11.1/11.2 and the hardware support for it.

Mandatory features:
Logic operations in the Output Merger:
NVIDIA Kepler: Yes
NVIDIA Fermi: Yes
AMD GCN: Yes
AMD VLIW4/5: Yes
Intel Gen7.5: Yes
Intel Gen7: No

UAV-only rendering:
NVIDIA Kepler: Yes
NVIDIA Fermi: Yes
AMD GCN: Yes
AMD VLIW4/5: Yes
Intel Gen7.5: Yes
Intel Gen7: Yes

UAV in non-pixel-shader stages:
NVIDIA Kepler: No (technically yes, but the DX limit this option in feature_level_11_0)
NVIDIA Fermi: No (technically yes, but the DX limit this option in feature_level_11_0)
AMD GCN: Yes
AMD VLIW4/5: No (technically yes, but the DX limit this option in feature_level_11_0)
Intel Gen7.5: Yes
Intel Gen7: No

Larger number of UAVs:
NVIDIA Kepler: No (8)
NVIDIA Fermi: No (8)
AMD GCN: Yes (64)
AMD VLIW4/5: No (8)
Intel Gen7.5: Yes (64)
Intel Gen7: No (8)

HLSL FLG:
NVIDIA Kepler: Yes
NVIDIA Fermi: Yes
AMD GCN: Yes
AMD VLIW4/5: Yes
Intel Gen7.5: Yes
Intel Gen7: Yes

------------------------------------------

Optional features:
Tiled Resources support:
NVIDIA Kepler: Yes (tier1)
NVIDIA Fermi: No (tier0)
AMD GCN: Yes (tier2)
AMD VLIW4/5: No (tier0)
Intel Gen7.5: no (tier0)
Intel Gen7: No (tier0)

Feature level support:
NVIDIA Kepler: 11_0
NVIDIA Fermi: 11_0
AMD GCN: 11_1
AMD VLIW4/5: 11_0
Intel Gen7.5: 11_1
Intel Gen7: 11_0

Conservative Depth Output:
NVIDIA Kepler: No
NVIDIA Fermi: No
AMD GCN: Yes
AMD VLIW4/5: Yes
Intel Gen7.5: No
Intel Gen7: No

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=35396249&postcount=14

 

[KillBoY_UK]

Yet a couple of days later Tom's and alike report this http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-7000-directx-11.2,23930.html

 

[LtMatt]

Yet a couple of days later Tom's and alike report this http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-7000-directx-11.2,23930.html

Its reasons like that and reasons like this that toms have become one to ignore. Two weeks after AMD release 13.8 and address the microstutter issue toms write an article about it using the older drivers. Derp.

 

[shankly1985]

Just to mention that 11.1 and 11.2 mostly just add debug features for devs

the only new eye candy feature is tiled resources, which is already supported on NV cards

http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2013/0...graphics-with-less-memory-at-microsoft-build/

Never said it wasn't? It's this feature that I am hoping more games add in the near future, after seeing tech demos it looks very good.

 

[shankly1985]

Just to add from AMD gaming Facebook page...
Trivia Tuesday: Did you know that the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series is the only GPU family to support DirectX® 11.1 and soon 11.2? http://bit.ly/17ZbUfK

https://www.facebook.com/AMDGaming?hc_location=timeline