AMD APUs see significant performance gains from DirectX 12

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JazzB1987 said:

Kinda off topic but when I consider how:

PS4 and XBO are outdated yet the main focus for game development. (PC gets ports again. I know newgen is basically PC tech)
DirectX 12 and mantle help CPUs alot
We finally get good multicore support.


How are the chances that a CPU that handled PS360 games ported to PC (Skyrim, SleepingDogs etc) with 25-33fps will be able to play new gen titles with okayish framerate (30fps)?

Should a Intel C2Q q9300/q6600 or AMD AthlonII X4 640/Phenom X4 945 be fine for the most part?
I mean a C2Q q9300 dropped had problems keeping the framerate at 30fps in skyrim but a Intel C2D E8400 never had that problem. Skyrim never made use of the 4 cores and profited from the C2D's higher clock speed (C2D=2x3.0 vs C2Q=4x2.5)

It's difficult to say considering a few developers have released "minimum" specs that are way above the actual minimum or even recommended specs. I get the feeling some of the hardware manufacturers are paying them to over-inflate their specs although that's total speculation on my part.

Anyway, check: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri