As of today you can now try out Deus Ex: Mankind Divided with DX12 enabled if you enable beta content in the game. The fifth patch offers several bug fixes but it also allows you to try out DX12 on your system. You can see where to head on your Steam client if you have never played with beta settings before. Once you have enabled beta content and Steam has synced, you will see a DirectX 12 option in the game's Display Options, assuming your card supports it.
For AMD users this should bring performance improvements as long as you first upgrade to the newly released Crimson Edition 16.9.1 driver which you can grab right here. The release notes from Edios/Square Interactive state that 'There are no visual or gameplay differences between the two DirectX versions.' so you will not see new features in your game. The new patch also states that it does not support multiple GPUs in DX12 so ensure you are only using a single card.
We have not been able to test the new patch or driver as of yet, however Guru of 3D did post some quick results in an update to their review of the game. AMD's RX 480, R9 390X and Fury X all see some improvements in 1080p and 1440p but at 4k the card's performance is already topped out. NVIDIA's cards all showed a slight drop at lower resolutions and like AMD, 4k performance is unchanged. The new DX12 patch is not enough to unseat the TITAN X and GTX 1080 as the top performers though.
If you have any issues when playing the game simply disable DX12 and get back to your game. We should see more patches in the near future as the game developers and the two GPU providers work on improving compatibility.
So my RX 290x is not even 10%
So my RX 290x is not even 10% slower at 2560x1440p then a GTX 1080 in this game… I’m ok with that.
No bad considering those where $240 on ebay after the bitcoin craze.
And if more of this take shape (like doom with vulkan) second hand RX 290x might have been the deal of the century. (GPU)
Hawaii is a great GPU for
Hawaii is a great GPU for sure.
Looks like DX12 improves minimum frames a bit, but massively reduces maximum frames, resulting in a lower average fps, but it probably feels smoother overall. Another driver update and game patch, it will probably run really nice.
https://youtu.be/e-8EZ8mashM
Now it is worth playing this
Now it is worth playing this game.
My 290 is one of the best
My 290 is one of the best investments I’ve ever made, it keeps on getting more performance.
Crap Glacier engine just like
Crap Glacier engine just like Hitman. Other better engines out there make far better use of the hardware in DX12.
This engine is heavy AMD biased and the in-game benchmark tends to inflate AMD performance relative to the actual game itself. AMD sems to be doing this a lot recently with their G.E. titles like Total Warhammer, where the scritpted benchmark will return higher values for AMD hardware compared to the game itself.
PCGH.de tested the game using the Pragua area, and there the performance was not only much better overall for both Nvidia & AMD, but Nvidia took the lead over AMD:
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Deus-Ex-Mankind-Divided-Spiel-55470/Specials/Benchmarks-Test-DirectX-12-1204575/
I assume the answer is yes
I assume the answer is yes sadly, but; Is DX12 still a “Windows 10 exclusive”? It isn’t really easy to figure out an answer alone with the availability of software 😛
Was able to choose and select
Was able to choose and select DX12 using the ingame options menu, but crashed when using the options menu in the launcher.