When implemented properly, DX12 does show improved performance over DX11. Over the past couple of years, developers have been increasingly adding support for DirectX 12 in their titles. DirectX 12 titles are able to better leverage multi-core CPUs and also enable multi-GPU systems without requiring hardware vendor technologies such as CrossFire or SLi. It aims to improve performance and efficiency by reducing driver overhead. The company also announced that Blizzard Entertainment's hugely popular World of Warcraft will become the first title to support DirectX 12 on Windows 7.ĭirectX 12 is a low-level API launched alongside Windows 10. Microsoft has announced that it is bringing DirectX 12 support for Windows 7.
