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JohnC wrote:Mantle:
http://www.techspot.com/news/54134-amd- ... mance.html
What do you think? Good? Bad? Does the significant increase in performance worth the extra fragmentation? Will AMD repeat the history of 3dfx's Glide?
Airmantharp wrote:if it gets MS' attention, we might just get more performance on the desktop with DirectX optimizations.
wingless wrote:for porting(barely lifted a finger) the console API to the PC
ChronoReverse wrote:If it's open and cross-platform then great.
michael_d wrote:I am waiting for Carmack
JohnC wrote::lol: Warsam, people can read official PR releases, watch official video presentations and see official slides on AMD's own website and other places, this thread was not intended for PR propaganda or pricing lists...
Fighterpilot wrote:JohnC wrote::lol: Warsam, people can read official PR releases, watch official video presentations and see official slides on AMD's own website and other places, this thread was not intended for PR propaganda or pricing lists...
Umm did you forget that you aren't a mod?
Show a bit of class when a manufacturer's rep bothers to post.
Airmantharp wrote:...it's a good idea, but only if it can run on any GPU.
clone wrote:the title of this thread is flawed, Mantle is an open API, anyone can use it.
clone wrote:the title of this thread is flawed, Mantle is an open API, anyone can use it.
JohnC wrote::lol: Warsam, people can read official PR releases, watch official video presentations and see official slides on AMD's own website and other places, this thread was not intended for PR propaganda or pricing lists...
michael_d wrote:If Mantle is low level API it will probably require more coding and development time. Direct access to the hardware will probably require more responsible coding to prevent crashing/BSODs.
clone wrote:We've been told at the GPU14 Tech Day event that the Mantle API is open, so theoretically Nvidia could purpose the technology in their GPUs. It should also make cross-development between PC and console games a lot easier, and also more incredible for those with a high-performance AMD GPU.
the title of this thread is flawed, Mantle is an open API, anyone can use it.