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Fable Legends DX12 Benchmark Stressing High End GPUs

Posted by timothy on from the tough-life-for-those-gpus dept.

Vigile writes: In preparation for the release of the free-to-play Fable Legends game on both Xbox One and PC this winter, Microsoft and Lionhead Studios released a benchmark today that allows users to test performance of their PC hardware configuration with a DirectX 12 based game engine that pushes the boundaries of render quality. Based on a modified UE4 engine, Fable Legends includes support for asynchronous compute shaders, manual resource barrier tracking and explicit memory management, all new to the DX12 API. Unlike the previous DX12 benchmark, Ashes of the Singularity, which focused mainly on high draw call counts and mass quantities of on-screen units, Fable Legends takes a more standard approach, attempting to improve image quality and shadow reproduction with the new API. PC Perspective has done some performance analysis with the new benchmark and a range of graphics cards, finding that while NVIDIA still holds the lead at the top spot (GTX 980 Ti vs Fury X), the AMD Radeon mid-range products offer better performance (and better value) than the comparable GeForce parts.

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  1. No DX11 - DX12 comparisons this time by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 3, Informative

    Last time DX12 benchmarks were posted, NVIDIA flipped their lid --- DX12 seemed to only hurt their performance, while it gave AMD an easy 25-50% boost and let them catch up to NVIDIA's DX11 numbers. This time, no such comparison. I wonder why.

    1. Re:No DX11 - DX12 comparisons this time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I'm sure nvidia will give companies a helping hand in "optimizing" their games for both AMD and Nvidia user.

  2. And M$ again shafts Windows 7 and 8 users again .. by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This forced artificial obsolescence of DirectX12 not being available for Windows 7 (or 8, 8.1) is complete bullshit.

    I'm not downgrading to the privacy fuckfest of Windows 10 just to run a benchmark.

  3. Re:And M$ again shafts Windows 7 and 8 users again by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 5, Informative

    You realize all the privacy-rapist features of Win10 have been added to 7/8, right?

  4. Re:UE4 engine... by NotDrWho · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Yeah, but it's the greatest looking ass of all time, an ass that will redefine how videogames are made, an ass like no other ass ever made," said Peter Molyneux.

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    SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
  5. Download link by war4peace · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Ok, I'm stupid.
    Now that we got this out of the way...
    Where the hell can I get a download link?
    TFS doesn't have it.
    TFA doesn't have it.
    A quick search online found... nothing. Only benchmark results. Clearly I am missing something.

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    ...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)