Civilization VI to support Asynchronous Compute and Explicit Multi-Adapter

[Bantu]

When the hitman deal comes next week do we get to double dip? CIV and Hitman?

 

[Dave2150]

I hate the graphical style they changed to. It looks like a MOBA. It doesn't look demanding at all.

Games are about more than graphics!

Civ VI is amazing, it's selling extremely well too, so I guess the majority like the new style

 

[drunkenmaster]

Maybe when that promised Fermi DX12 driver arrives Nvidia will enable all the cards they promised would have DX12 support to run this game in DX12 as well.

 

[Psypher5]

wow, it does look pretty bad, what on earth are they doing to that game?

so they can accept AMD's money and let them implement sub par technologies hohoho.

I jest. I dont know / care enough to look into it.

 

[Panos]

Civ is great if you ignore that slower speed affect the player only not the AI.
So if standard is your speed is great and tough game. Very beautiful also

 

[TheRealDeal]

It's working on those Gpu's but does it add to the performance. DX12 in every game works on this hardware but does not always give benefits like in the case off AMD in the majority.

 

[Gibbo]

When the hitman deal comes next week do we get to double dip? CIV and Hitman?

No.

Civ6 is only with RX 480 and live now!
Hitman is only with RX 470 and starts Tuesday!

 

[Bantu]

oh man.. RX 470 only? ok

 

[Griffildur]

Games are about more than graphics!

Civ VI is amazing, it's selling extremely well too, so I guess the majority like the new style

Definitely not amazing just yet. First they need to sort out the obvious bugs and AI although I am sure that will happen in the next 6 months or so. As for the new style, I personally don't like it at all. Yes I know games are not just about graphics it's just that the current one looks really silly.

 

[Freddie1980]

So the async reduces the strain on the CPU?

A-sync allows more of GPU cores to be used by processing more commands simultaneously.

 

[nashathedog]

I don't appear to get any improvement with DX12, I ran both sets of benches on each api and the results are almost identical.

 

[Kaapstad]

I don't appear to get any improvement with DX12, I ran both sets of benches on each api and the results are almost identical.

I ran it and was not impressed at all.

If anything Civ5 and DX11 runs a lot better on my system.

 

[Efour]

Yeah im utterly confused as to what im meant to be experiencing.

Im running a 1070gtx with the Game ready drivers on a 144hz 1080p monitor.

 

[Griffildur]

Yeah im utterly confused as to what im meant to be experiencing.

Im running a 1070gtx with the Game ready drivers on a 144hz 1080p monitor.

yeah I am with you on that one actually. It's great that it supports it and the article seems quite happy to point it out, what it doesn't point out is what that actually does or improve or change for the game.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Rocking an i7 860 and gtx 960 4GB so tempting to see the difference... If I get the time

 

[Efour]

dx12

dx11

Now i have no idea what that means

but there is a substantial difference between the 2 .....

edit: lol i uploaded same screenshot twice

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

20% lower framtimes means a smoother experience.

 

[Griffildur]

20% lower framtimes means a smoother experience.

indeed but Civilization is hardly the type of game where that matters that much.

 

[nashathedog]

dx12

dx11

Now i have no idea what that means

but there is a substantial difference between the 2 .....

edit: lol i uploaded same screenshot twice

What cpu gpu combination have you got?

I have a 4790k & Fury pro and times are as good as identical.

 

[Efour]

6700k and 1070

I don't expect it's taxing either tbh. Not at home now so can't check loads