Nvidia finally lets Fermi GPU owners enjoy DirectX 12

Stefan Mileschin · 6th July 2017, 07:47

Way back in 2014 when Microsoft was still finalizing DirectX 12, Nvidia pledged that all of its then-current hardware would support the new API. At the time, that meant GPUs from the Maxwell, Kepler, and Fermi families. Kepler and Maxwell DX12 support came around on day one of Windows 10's release, but Fermi languished on DirectX 11, meaning it never completely supported the OS's WDDM 2.2 standard. That is, until now: the latest 384.76 drivers quietly added DirectX 12 support for Fermi GPUs.

The new feature wasn't listed in the patch notes, possibly because users have been complaining for a while about Nvidia's apparent failure to live up to its promise. The change was first spotted by a couple of sharp-eyed folks on the Guru3D forums. User ...

http://techreport.com/news/32191/nvi...joy-directx-12

6th July 2017, 07:47	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,514	Nvidia finally lets Fermi GPU owners enjoy DirectX 12 Way back in 2014 when Microsoft was still finalizing DirectX 12, Nvidia pledged that all of its then-current hardware would support the new API. At the time, that meant GPUs from the Maxwell, Kepler, and Fermi families. Kepler and Maxwell DX12 support came around on day one of Windows 10's release, but Fermi languished on DirectX 11, meaning it never completely supported the OS's WDDM 2.2 standard. That is, until now: the latest 384.76 drivers quietly added DirectX 12 support for Fermi GPUs. The new feature wasn't listed in the patch notes, possibly because users have been complaining for a while about Nvidia's apparent failure to live up to its promise. The change was first spotted by a couple of sharp-eyed folks on the Guru3D forums. User ... http://techreport.com/news/32191/nvi...joy-directx-12

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