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AMD Says There Will Be No DirectX 12 — Ever

Posted by Soulskill on from the pulling-a-reverse-firefox dept.

mikejuk writes "This is a strange story. AMD Vice President of Global Channel Sales Roy Taylor has said there will be no DirectX12 at any time in the future. In an interview with German magazine Heise.de, Taylor discussed the new trend for graphics card manufacturers to release top quality game bundles registered to the serial number of the card. One of the reasons for this, he said, is that the DirectX update cycle is no longer driving the market. 'There will be no DirectX 12. That's it.' (Google translation of German original.) Last January there was another hint that things weren't fine with DirectX when Microsoft sent an email to its MVPs saying, 'DirectX is no longer evolving as a technology.' That statement was quickly corrected, but without mentioning any prospect of DirectX 12. So, is this just another error or rumor? Can we dismiss something AMD is basing its future strategy on?"

7 of 305 comments (clear)

  1. no DirectX 12 by BigMike · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it only goes to 11

    1. Re:no DirectX 12 by alexhs · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... it only goes to 11

      Obviously:

      DirectX10
      DirectX11
      DirectX11R2
      ...
      DirectX11R6
      DirectX11R6.1
      DirectX11R6.2
      ...

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  2. We did it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We did it everyone! OpenGL won, good job everybody. Highest of fives all 'round.

    1. Re:We did it! by Dunge · · Score: 2, Funny

      You guys just follow a circlejerk and don't know what you are talking about. DirectX development is much easier and well done than OpenGL.

    2. Re:We did it! by jafac · · Score: 3, Funny

      naw. DirectX is TOTALLY cross-platform man! It works on Windows XP, it works on Windows Vista, It works on Windows 7, it works on Windows 8, it works on X-Box, X-Box 360 - and it's gonna be the premier platform for the greatest games coming out on the hottest new platform, the X-Box 720. You guys just don't know what you're talking about and if your'e not developing in DirectX (TM), you're really missing the boat, and I feel sorry for you, because you're going to be left behind in the great new future that's ahead of us all in the world of Microsoft(TM) 3D(TM) Game(TM) Programming(TM). I am not even joking(TM).

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  3. Let's predict the headlines of the future: by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    July, 2013: AMD Says 'Okay, There Will Be A DirectX 12, But We're Not Supporting It'

    September, 2013: AMD Says DirectX 12 Support By Next Year

    March, 2014: New AMD Cards' Poor DirectX 12 Performance Disappointing

    May, 2014: AMD Boss Complains About Being 'Left Out' Of DirectX 12 Development

    August, 2014: Struggling AMD Says 'Just Wait For DirectX 13!'

  4. Re:Skipping it? by nzac · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe it is the name. X got stuck on 11 as well.