Microsoft to Reveal Next DirectX Platform GDC

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zarx said:

SubiyaCryolite said:
Probably DX12, we've had DX11 since late 2009! DirectX 10 was only available since 2006, 3 years till DX11 showed.

That was because DX10 and Vista weren't very good. DX9 lasted from 2002 and graphics architecture was evolving much faster back then and until very recently was still the dominant version.  It is time for DX12 but given the slow adoption of DX11 and the relatively slower pace of major architecture changes in the GPU space it's not surprising they haven't rushed it out. 11 has had two revisions that both added support for new features.

True, true. DirectX 11 game out so quickly because DX10 needed some refindment.  DirectX 10 was a major change behind the scenes for the platform and some legacy support was dropped.  But DX10 didn't work that well, so DX 11 fixed much of the problems and expanded on what it was already doing.  Many games just skipped DX 10.

I remember Microsoft saying DirectX 12 was waiting till hardware got better.  But their press releases make it look much more like DirectX 12 than an update of DirectX11.  But they have also stated that DirectX 12 will not launch till Windows 9.  So even if they show off the platform of DirectX 12, how long till we start seeing it in computers?  Think it might still be a few years?