DX12 or Vulkan ?

[Ambiorix]

Starting up the game for the first time on Steam (PC), and I get the question if I want to run it with DX 12 or Vulkan.
Which one should I take ? What's the difference ?

 

[The_J]

I TBH do not know why this option even exists. I thought DX12 was the standard. Please try that one first.

 

[Riconatic]

I TBH do not know why this option even exists. I thought DX12 was the standard. Please try that one first.

Vulkan is more modern platform independent graphics API. DX12 is only for microsoft products.

I would estimate that Linux port is Vulkan only. AMD, nvidia and intel supports both on Windows.

Apple Macos could be using vulkan too. But I am not expert on that. Edit here: Propably not. Apple and Vulkan (Khronos the dev) are not that good friends still.

My initial test notes on Windows 11.
Vulkan 1-2GB less gpu ram, c. 10% more load for CPU. 10-15 % worse fps.

DX12 Less cpu, more gpu ram, more fps.

Stability: no problems in either.

 

[The_J]

Ah yes, I'm from the times when games only ran on windows .

 

[uppi]

I would estimate that Linux port is Vulkan only. AMD, nvidia and intel supports both on Windows.

I can confirm that under Linux it just launches the Vulkan version

 

[The Economy]

I'm on Windows 11
Specs: i7, 32GB RAM, 4070 Super (12GB VRAM)

Using DX12 just crashes the game every 2 minutes. Not a single crash in 14 hours of play with Vulcan, and excellent performance.

 

[coolhandluke11]

vulkan is made by amd so amd gpus with freesync displays will see smoother gameplay. dx12 crashes to desktop sometimes when loading into new eras but not on vulkan.