Spencer "20% GPU boost to The One DX12" (Unconfirmed)

Boom!!!

Spencer just announced this at GDC.

Boom!!!!

Details coming.

This came from a live blog feed so I will post links later. On mobile at the moment.

Added from the thread.

DirectX 12 also brings big performance improvements across both CPU and GPU. Up to 50 percent CPU usage improvements."

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/live-from-gdc-microsofts-phil-spencer-on-windows-10-and-the-future-of-games/

so no dramatic change

Context?

Video?

Bueller?

I think we all expected a 10% boost so if in theory there's a 20% boost that's awesome!

I'm sure the 20% boost is in ideal situations though, let's not forget that. On paper and in practice are two different things. As I've gotten into game development the last year or so I can't stress this enough.

So, this was a DX12 sauce speech?

There it is i guess. 20% is a whole lot more than Dx12 doing nothing for the Xbox One.

@lostrib: 20% is a pretty dramatic change.

Lems will celebrate. Cows will come in to start yelling at them claiming it doesn't matter. Such is life defending two low powered trash boxes

I've learned not to trust those corporate marketing a long time ago.

@gabensherald: your schtick is old.

As for OP, meh, I'll believe it when I see it.

"DirectX 12 also brings big performance improvements across both CPU and GPU. Up to 50 percent CPU usage improvements."

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/live-from-gdc-microsofts-phil-spencer-on-windows-10-and-the-future-of-games/

^Of course we need games to prove it.

Even DirectX is primarily pimped for Xbox.

Dat pc commitment.

@Captainqwark10: Added to the Topic. I will credit you later fine sir. You are an asset to the thread and a gentleman on GSpot.

@Blabadon: I think Phil Spencer needs to have a word with himself

Yay! Parity time? Parity time! :D

Will be interesting just how this will affect games (I'm assuming we will start to notice the effects on the games being released on the 2nd half of the year).

AND!!!!

Microsoft will allow consumers to buy games once in any of the platform and allow them to play it on any Windows device including Xbox One. They will also support cross-play across platforms.

I don't have high expectations for DX12 for the bone, but i'm very curious to see what it'll be like in Windows 10.

That's amazing if it means what i think it means.

I wasn't expecting that big of a boost to the GPU. It has all been talk about the big boost the CPU would get. This is a bonus and a knee to the groin of all the "experts" around here claiming they knew exactly what DX12 would do.

Yea: Xbox games. As they don't actually have any pc games. None. Nada.

Yes please. But my PC gaming is confined to my Surface Pro so I won't be able to take advantage of much of this.

Wait a minute, didn't El Tormo and GrenadeLicker say DX12 will do NOTHING for the XB1. LMAO!! Cows getting owned left and right. Where's El Tormo at. I have some CROW for his dinner. I too saw it on the GDC chat. I'm watching it right now. Here are some other things said at Phil GDC conferece.

Battletoads are coming to Shovel Knight!

Phil Spencer announces that a Wireless adapter for Xbox One controllers to work on Windows 10 will be coming out later this year.

Announces Gigantic which is a shooter,moba, rpg mash up. Gigantic is coming to Windows 10 and Xbox One later this year and will be cross play.

Here comes the butthurt Cows to disagree even thought it came from Phil Spencer himself. lol!!

Greatness is coming...

so no more exclusives?

Dead Rising and Ryse for example. And they might push developers to do the same, EA maybe... :)

Dude did you not see that list @SolidTy has been posting about, apparently there's Exclusives, Family Exclusives, Console Exclusives and Weak Exclusives.

So yeah, exclusives for everyone, Oprah style.

a 50% CPU boost and 20% GPU boost are a dramatic change. Now what's weird is that with such dramatic change yet they provide no benchmarks? Very suspicious indeed.

Not even a simple demo like that one of the asteroids to show the before and after of the performance.

That leads me to wonder how much of the GPU was restricted to begin with.

No matter what they "boost" from the xbone GPU it's still basically a 7770 (compared to the 7850ish PS4 GPU) so no amount of boosting will ever put it on par with PS4. Sony can also release an firm ware update to "boost" the PS4's GPU in kind if they feel the need.

Using the word boost seems misleading in that sense, it should be something like "release a (insert % amount) reserve of" but whateve's PR.

We knew about the limiting of xbone's power due to Kinect but that was supposed to be updated already so I wonder what is holding it back now to have 20% to "boost"? It will be interesting if the update will have any significant change in the actual development of game in the future.

Already, really...

These are not pc games.

They are.

@Gue1: Are you seriously going to say that the head of Xbox is a liar after he has been used ad nauseum to say that DX12 won't do much????????

My goodness this is going to be a good thread.

Where Torfago's saying " no no the experts are wrong"??.

Weird

You are still thinking with PC components and PC results. Not the same here.

It's a Horse kick to El Tormo's groin section. LMAO!!

Cue El Tormo and Am-Gamer in 3-2-1...

As a gamer, this has no effect on my perception of the XO and PS4 since I switched to buying most multiplats on PC late last gen. As a system warrior, however, I hope this is true since cows would have no reason to live at that point.

I think the bigger news is Windows/Xbox Cross Buy.

20% or not, it is still a joke. If you people really care about power, it is time to join the PC Master Race. Do not waste your time with this peasantry.

Can you please amend your "Ps4 won" thread and tone it down a notch. After today's big bombs and game announcements I would say that took a chunk out of Sony's armor. lol.

Lol, I'll believe stuff like this when I see it in the product.

That is great news also!

I just wanted to give the 20/50% news its own thread.

E3 is going to be a monster this year.

That means nothing. The hardware is not getting a 20% overclock or 20% more transistors/compute cores so its still the same garbage it was.

Small frimware updates to the consoles improve the efficiency of the compilers and API all of the time for both consoles. This is nothing new.

@FoxbatAlpha: I wouldn't say they took a chunk out of anything but it is clear they won't go down without a fight. Good on them.

Console ports are not pc games.

Gosh: modern gamers.

Sheesh.

Wowza.

Qapla'.

@kuu2: Well go ahead and make that thread too, I would argue that is the real feather in the cap here.

@Wasdie: LOL

Awesome.....graphics are fine for me right now....but better is always welcome

So basically, no dramatic change like it was expected. And that's supposing that the game implements any features from DX12 that's relevant to the game. Not only that, a game needs to be written in DX12 from the ground up in order to get that 20% boost. I wonder how many developers are going to be willing to do that?

dat secret sauce LMAO

dat TC keep hoping LOL