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At the moment, heavily GPU bound scenes with a complex workload are likely to run faster on DX11.Ī major painpoint in Unity is the Editor performance. There are plans to do this sort of reordering in Unity but that will take time. So if you have a complex set of compute shaders it is likely that in DX11 it will be faster.

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And even when possible, such as in many OpenGL drivers, the driver doesn’t always do it. With DX12 the driver cannot do this, the same applies to Metal and Vulkan. The DX11 driver can do things like reorder compute shader dispatch calls, which it does aggressively. But otherwise huge scenes should be far more stable now. It's not quite as good as in DX11 as we do this essentially on a per frame basis. This has now been implemented so you can overprovision GPU memory. In DX11 this is fully automatic but DX12 requires us to give it a slight helping hand so to speak.

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Windows allows you to essentially use more GPU memory than what you have. This is the only functional change you see with the removal of the experimental tag.Īnother feature which has been unique to DX11 is the memory residency management. Experimental tag forced you to add at least one non experimental backend but now DX12 can be the sole backend in a player build.

What does this mean in practice? You can now make a player that has only the DX12 backend. We are happy to announce that as of 2022.2.0a17, the DX12 graphics backend is officially out of experimental state. Results based on our testing show that there isn't a substantial difference between DX12 and our other Editor backends to warrant an Experimental tag anymore. In scenarios with a large amount of drawcalls, DX12 beats DX11 handily in standalone with regards to CPU performance. With recent improvements the DX12 backend is now as fast as (or in some cases faster than) DX11 when it comes to CPU usage for the vast majority of use cases. Back in 2020 the per drawcall overhead on the CPU was a bit over double what it was on other backends.

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As always, we'll be sure to update this article accordingly with any more details on the DirectX 12 beta, and of course with news on when the feature will be fully implemented into Apex Legends.As everyone might know, the DX12 backend has been slow, and somewhat unstable, for as long as there has been one. So there you have it, a quick and comprehensive look at how you can enable the DirectX 12 beta functionality when playing Apex Legends regardless of the platform you're playing it from. For now, the feature is still in its Beta release, but we hope to see it implemented fully in the near future.

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However, as time progresses, we can expect the developers to refine and optimize this feature to unlock its full potential, and according to many players, they are seeing some increase in performance, so hopefully the implementations roll out smoothly as time goes on. Keep in mind that since this feature is still in Beta, you may encounter issues related to shader compilation, memory, and recording or streaming, as mentioned in the developer's Reddit post.

Close the properties window and you're done.

Add the line '-eac_launcher_settings SettingsDX12.json' to Launch Options.

Go to your library and right-click on Apex Legends.

Add the line '-eac_launcher_settings SettingsDX12.json' to the Command line arguments.Right-click on Apex Legends and select Game Properties.Click the Save button and launch the game.In the text box under Advanced Launch Options, add the line '-eac_launcher_settings SettingsDX12.json.'.Click on the three dots in the upper right corner of Apex Legends.Now that you've checked the Feature Levels, let's go through the steps of running the game using DirectX 12 based on the platform you're using to play the game: The Display tab in the dialog box that appears will list your GPU's Feature Levels.Press the Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box.If you're unsure about the Feature Level, follow these simple steps: (Picture: EA)īefore launching Apex Legends in DX12, it's important to ensure that your GPU meets the minimum DirectX Feature Level requirement of 12_0. After checking that your GPU supports DirectX, follow the steps below to enable the DirectX 12 Beta.

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Apex Legends: How To Enable DirectX 12 BetaĪ Beta version of DirectX 12 is currently available for Apex Legends on PC, allowing players to test this feature on various platforms including Origin, the EA app, or Steam.

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