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November 28th, 2011, 08:37 GMT · By

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28nm NVIDIA Kepler GPUs Have Support for DirectX 11.1

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As the time for launching next-generation GPUs draws near, NVIDIA can't seem to hide the information on them, with bits and pieces making their way to the web, this time regarding the DirectX support.

The GeForce GTS 400 and 500 series served their buyers well, with their support for pretty much everything, including DirectX 11 graphics.

Now, thanks to the roadmap we spoke about two days ago, it was revealed that the Kepler GPUs would possess next-generation DirectX 11.1 features.

Add to that PCI Express Generation 3 compatibility and you have just what next-gen PCs are expected to offer, especially with Windows 8 closing in.

We know that Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs will support this too, but they definitely won't have the same prowess as NVIDIA or AMD cards, so there's no real danger on that front yet.

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Comment #1 by: Jabberwocky on 07 Dec 2011, 10:53 UTC reply to this comment

I love the fact that NVidia is waiting for the 28nm process to mature before they release their cards (unlike AMD).

As a teen (2002) I've been a big AMD fanboy, regardless I ended up buying NVidia hardware since their drivers support WAS so much better.

These days NVidia drivers are IMHO one of the worst (just after S3 Chrome drivers). The drivers are solely optimized for DX11 the other API's (OpenGL/DX9) are left to suffer a slow death, just like the support for their old graphics cards. I also dislike the process one needs to go through to develop CUDA/OpenCL applications.

I have no doubt that the new cards itself will be really awesome, it's just sad that Nvidia is slacking so badly on the software/support side. Like I've said it's the same problem I had with AMD/ATI back in the day.

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