NightAntilli on 06 May 2010
| MikeB said: @ NightAntilli As an example, you can't say the HD4870 is weaker or has less power than an HD5450 because the lack of DX11 in the 4870 while the HD5450 does have that feature. It is not weaker due to a lack of DX11 support. It's easy to imagine a much stronger GPU lacking DirectX 11 support and it's also easy to imagine a weaker GPU with DirectX 11 support. DirectX 11 is just a Microsoft API.  |
That's why I said the 2nd one is a way better example.. And yeah, DX11 is just an API, but you need a certain set of hardware to support it. If the hardware does not have that certain feature, it will not be able to perform certain instructions, but it says nothing about how much power the hardware has. And that's the same story with HDR on the X360 vs HDR on the PS3. But then again, you're usually looking for ways to undermine the X360 so yeah, what else could I expect... But meh, whatever floats your boat.
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