Now that Windows 10 is in the history books it is time to look forward to DX12 games. The new version is supposed to bring huge improvements to PC gaming but I'm wondering how long it will take before we actually see PC games shipping with DX12 versions. It took a long time for DX10 and DX11 to start to catch on and it took even longer for x64 versions of games to finally start being standard. Do you think it will be another slow rollout taking years before we start to see them start coming out? Windows 10 being a free upgrade from 7 and 8 could help right?
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Windows 10 RTM is out - DX12 games to follow?
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Hero Prinny
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Oooh win10 is out?? Cant wait to download it. I thought it was next month
It's officially the 29th, but you can do it manually now if you want.
Leafhopper
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Garrett Hawke
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Is there any reason to? Is driver support there already?
curiouscharles
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Leafhopper
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Not sure as I have not done it yet but, at this point with 11 days to go I doubt there is that much missing.
Seconding this
Garrett Hawke
Member
Oh okay. Think I'm going to stick with 8 for a while, see how the launch goes first
I think there'll be a few games that require it (like there were a few games that required Vista and up which pissed a lot of people off lmao) but I imagine for the most part DX11 will be the base, maybe with DX12 features
Just wait 11 more days guys, not worth the trouble.
Interested to see how the Windows 10 launch goes, had the last couple of betas installed and am now using the RTM on my gaming machine. Everything still feels a little wonky and beta-ish. I was surprised to hear it was releasing this soon, honestly.
Interested to see how the Windows 10 launch goes, had the last couple of betas installed and am now using the RTM on my gaming machine. Everything still feels a little wonky and beta-ish. I was surprised to hear it was releasing this soon, honestly.
I don't think they should be releasing Win10 yet. It is way to soon and yet i am going to jump in and will pay the price.
curiouscharles
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No. Just wait. Still touch ups now and there.
Some of GAF will be very angry at some companies for driver support if they're upgrading from 7 or even some from 8, particularly for sound and a few on networking.
I wouldn't call the current build RTM.
The Dear Leader
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Fable Legends is this year I think? That should be the first DX12 game.
Well 10240 is the version that is shipping so whether you consider it good enough or not it is the RTM version.
While Microsoft isn't calling it RTM anymore, due to the way they are approaching Windows 10, it passes all the checks for an RTM: build number, proximity to official release, no watermark on the desktop, functioning activation, etc. Besides, the RTM build doesn't need to be completely finished--it just be finished enough for OEMs to begin installing it on their devices so that PCs with Windows 10 are available on release.
It's not going to get any better between today and the 29th. No new major builds until release. But there's probably going to be a zero-day update on the 29th to solve any issues that the RTM build may have.
That and Gears of War
Right.
And in general, DX12 could see a far quicker adoption due to Windows 10 likely to have fast and widespread adoption.
Could also see a few existing games being converted to DX12 in the near future.
Poodlestrike
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Legends is pretty much up in the air, release date wise. Soft launch this year is probable, but it's f2p, so I doubt they'll ever call it "complete."
Oh, and technically, 10240 isn't confirmed as RTM.
Kudo
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I'm looking at Asus, all this hardware soon going to be paperweight.
I wonder how long will it take until they release retail drivers for Xonar STX Windows 8?
RazorbackDB
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I can only think of fable and deus ex with confirmed DX12 support, I'm sure more games will announce support closer to release, but I would expect that to happen next year.
edit: Ashes of singularity too and probably I'm missing something else.
edit: Ashes of singularity too and probably I'm missing something else.
metareferential
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Kinda OT, but the update up for win10 says my pc is not ready because my screen won't work because of my 980ti xD
RichiRamjag
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I've been digging Windows 10 for the most part. Only reason I installed it was for Xbox One streaming and it awesome. Works great.
The Dear Leader
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Arma III is supposed to have a DX12 patch I believe.
This is about PC man, not Xbox. Good try at a troll though.
PHOENIXZERO
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Do a clean reinstall of Windows 7/8.1 and then update.
You can do a refresh after Win 10 is installed
I wouldn't tell people to jump on the current build if their setup works.
Considering the builds are now marked TH1 (Threshold 1?) and TH2 (Threshold 2?), I guess we're going to see Windows builds that are not as polished since their distribution methods of trialing a OS before release are more open than ever.
You could technically never purchase another Windows license again for as long as the trial is open.
There are already fixes in the works for 10240 over the past few days. Still polishing it up.
I expect another major update down the line like a second big update after this initial one. Probably will release later this year.
If you have a Vista sticker laptop, you can make the builds work. You might have to disable fast boot due to drivers. Same problems as Windows 8.1.
Iced_Eagle
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What do you mean? You can just upgrade and none of your games will be touched. Shouldn't need to redownload or reconfigure anything unless you decide you want to do a clean install.
Yes, you can. Of course, be sure to have your CD key for Win7 or Win8 written down when you do this. Alternatively, you can upgrade and then use Windows' built in "Refresh" to do a clean install on top of itself.
You can just download the ISO and upgrade yourself manually. However, I would highly suggest waiting the 11 days for the official release at this point.
If you stream a game from Xbox to your PC, does that game run in full screen on your TV? I have my DVR running through my Xbox and remote play would often be handy, but not if it interrupts people watching the TV. I'm guessing that won't be an option, but secretly holding out hope because you can game with TV running in snap mode.
PHOENIXZERO
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I'll be surprised if by this time next year Window 10's adoption hasn't significantly eclipsed the adoption rate of past MS OSes over the same amount of time.
Seriously? You shouldn't have enterprise on a home computer so that is in some way piracy...sooo
So no tears will be shed for you
You have one year starting from July 29.
I think it lasts for three months or so
Edit: whoops never mind
One year, cool.
Leafhopper
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I'm thinking of just doing the upgrade instead of a clean install this time. Don't feel like reformatting at the moment. I hear the upgrade process is less painful than others? I usually never upgrade since I hear crap doesn't work and such.
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