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DirectX 12 FAQ: All about Windows 10's supercharged graphics tech

DirectX 12 is real. Is it amazing? Read on.

  • If your device runs Windows 10, it runs DirectX 12.

  • DirectX 12 will loosen the restrictions on multi-GPU setups.

  • RIP Mantle.

  • Look at that drop in CPU power usage once this Intel benchmark switched from DX11 to DX12.

  • Mantle and DirectX 12 performance stacks up nicely against the older DX11 in the 3DMark API Overhead feature test, as our benchmarks show.

  • All current graphics cards (like the pictured Asus Strix Fury and EVGA GTX 980 FTW) are DX12-compatible.

  • Conservative rasterization and a handful of other tools will only function on graphics cards that support DX12 feature level 12.1.

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