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

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Machiavellian said:

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Machiavellian said:
This really just sounds like a direct API to the AMD chip which would be no different if Sony did the same thing for their chips. Basically what this means is that developers have 4 APIs to choose from. This API, Direct X, OpenGl and whatever Nvidia bring to the table.

Will nvidia even bring their own api ?

I believe Nvidia already have their own APIs.  This is really sounding like we are going back to the 3dfx days where each card have their own APIs and extensions to openGL where developers had to decide which one to use and support.  DX was brought into scope to fix that problem.  Since Nvidia and AMD cards still will be sold in bunches, developers concentrating on GPU specific features that are not supported on both cards is the same as 3rd party developers doing the same thing with Sony and MS console.  

Cuda doesn't count just so you know because it is not meant to be a graphics language like directx or mantle so do you have anything else saying that nvidia has a graphics API ?