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

[NiKKoM]

Pemalite said:

NiKKoM said:
Why are there no benchmarks? Way to present something like this with no benchmarks..

Anyway hope it flops and dies soon.. I like the idea of the PC being " infinte" backward compatible and don't like the potential defragmentation.. Glide ftw!

Uh. It will be backwards compatible. It's not like AMD GPU's will suddenly loose compatibility with the Direct X or OpenGL API's, that would literally be suicide for AMD's entire GPU business.

Plus, you can still run Glide-Only games with pretty much any GPU with what is known as a "Glide wrapper".

Sure they'll still support opengl and directx but will future GPU still support Mantle? wil the new next gen consoles in 6 to 8 years still have AMD? And a glide wrapper is easy now cause the games arent demanding but running those Mantle games in a "Mantle wrapper" won't be as easy as that.. Surley AMD will moneyhat some games to support this.. I just don't like the potential defragmentation