PC DX12 Renderer

• Nov 16, 2017

• #1

TWSFGaming

Community Agent

I noticed when I go into my settings to change my screen from windowed to fullscreen (which is annoying by the way) I noticed an option to Enable DX12 Renderer. I was wondering, what is DX12 Renderer and what does it do for the game?

 

• Nov 16, 2017

• #2

Callsign_Gloves

Police dude

Hey TWSF,

DirectX is really just an interface to send instructions to the GPU. DX12 being the newest version of that interface. Now, I personally have never seen a performance increase from it, but some people describe up to a 20FPS difference from DX11 to DX12. Assuming your GPU supports it, of course. Research whether your GPU supports DX12, and if it does, maybe give it a shot, and see if you have any performance increase.

 

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• Nov 17, 2017

• #3

TWSFGaming

Community Agent

Okay I see, thanks HawKShoT

 

• Nov 20, 2017

• #4

genedjr

Community Elite

As HawkShot noted, its the evolution of the DirectX interface from Microsoft.  Try both!  In settings for graphics there is a setting to enable DX12 - try it.  If it works, keep it.  If not, go back to the (IMNSHO) more stable DX11.  And GOOGLE! Changing certain settings can have a huge impact.

Also if you have a current gen (read GTX10xx or Vega) go for it, if not, still test it but do not be surprised if DX11 is better.

On my GTX970 - DX11 works best for TD, DX12 works best for Destiny 2...  So go figure.

...gene

 

• Dec 4, 2017

• #5

Oh. daesu

agent provocateur

Not sure if this is applicable. However the 1.8 patch notes lists the following as a PC bug fix.

"Fixed an issue where the DirectX 12 renderer would not work on certain graphics cards. "

 

• Dec 14, 2017

• #6

genedjr

Community Elite

Oh. daesu said:

Not sure if this is applicable. However the 1.8 patch notes lists the following as a PC bug fix.

"Fixed an issue where the DirectX 12 renderer would not work on certain graphics cards. "

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Needs to be tried.  But I am at least a month out - soooo, people(s) step up we need both Nvidia and AMD.

...gene