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

[Solid-Stark]

CGI-Quality said:

Solid-Stark said:
Can Nvidia support this API. Isn't this API tied to AMD's GCN architecture, hence optimization across all GCN GPU's?

Not sure if they can support, but I'd imagine they'd come up with their own solution, even if, not quite, as efficient.

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@CGI

I doubt Nvidia would waste time creating there own since Mantle is meant to aid developers in the transition of code across different GCN platforms. We would have PC and consoles for AMD, and well only PC for Nvidia.

Although, it's rumored that Nvidia will have Kepler based GPU in Tegra 5 and Maxwell in Tegra 6, so perhaps we could see some CUDA API from Nvidia.

@fatslob

I'd imagine this open source claim is directed at developers and they would have to support multiple API's which would be optional of course.