Microsoft recently revealed a series of announcements about the features of Windows 10, including one that makes the biggest impact for video game enthusiasts – the inclusion of DirectX 12 in the new operating system. This simply means that those who plan to update their operating system will not have to purchase a new graphics card to be able to maximize their gaming experience.
According to Microsoft, almost all the latest PC gaming hardware can work seamlessly with DirectX 12 once Windows 10 is installed. In their official website, the tech giant discussed the possible hardware that will be supported by the said DirectX 12 API.
"While we are not yet ready to detail everything related to DirectX12, we can share that we are working closely with all of our hardware partners to help ensure that most modern PC gaming hardware will work well with DirectX12, including; NVIDIA's Maxwell, Kepler and Fermi-based GPUs, Intel's 4th generation (and newer) Core processors and AMD's Graphics Core Next (GCN) based GPUs. We'll have more to share about DirectX12 at GDC in March," Microsoft stated.
The said confusion surfaced when Microsoft's director of program management Mike Ybarra stated that, to enjoy the full benefits of DirectX 12, users should purchase a new graphics card. But as it turns out, the API can work perfectly well with any existing graphics card.
DirectX 12 is the successor of DirectX 11, the five-year-old version of the application programming interfaces that are needed by a computer to take care of multimedia tasks like video and game programming on any Microsoft platform.
This new API is one of the latest baits of the Redmond-based tech giant to attract gamers to upgrade to Windows 10 once the new operating system is released sometime this year. Microsoft is planning to provide further information about DirectX 12 as well as other features of Windows 10 during the Games Developers Conference in March.
