AMD unveils 'Mantle' API to optimize GPU performance - Debute with BF4

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zarx said:

fatslob-:O said:
Well damn, nvidia could face irrelevancy if they don't start supporting this LOL. If every game engine starts shoving this API like crazy this could mean that almost every game will start biasing towards AMD hardware. It also means that benchmarks will show that nvidia will be at a crazy disadvantage at the same time too. Good news I think is this is an open API.

I wouldb't go that far, AMD have said it's open so in theory if Nvidia wanted too they could support the API in the future. Nvidia also have other ways of staying relevant, you could safely assume that if they didn't support it that all the TWIMTBP titles that Nvidia work with won't support the API. And from the sound of things they are working closly with Valve on the SteamOS. Nvidia have long pushed a lot of prepriatary tech like CODA and PhysX as well.

They'd have to create some new arhitecture that shares alot of similarities with GCN. I don't think nvidia has an API yet to fight against the mantle since they haven't created one yet. The one about the steambox is that it's pretty much bound to fail if valve doesn't give any exclusive games. Just because nvidia has proprietary technology doesn't mean that it will gain huge traction because this time mantle is more dangerous to nvidia than physx or cuda is to amd.