News - AMD Mantle API embraced by Cloud Imperium, Eidos & Oxide

[crossy]

Is it really open though? Do we know what's needed to implement it? For all we know the API may be "open" but require a function in silicon AMD has copyright on.

Like you, I'm doubtful about the true openness of this. Proof of the pudding, in my book at least, will come when some group of hobbyists take it up.

Really? I find that hard to believe considering one of the things I read recently stated it had cost AMD over a million dollars to get mantle support into frostbite. That sounds more like AMD driving it...

True, but then again there's a world of difference between "works best with AMD" and "works only with AMD" - best outcome for AMD would of course be the former. I'm sure they've learned the lesson of how badly NVidia botched PhysX.

Time will tell but my money is on a return of the PowerVR, Glide, OpenGL and Direct3D days....especially as I haven't heard a peep from nVidia or Intel on the subject.

I'd heard that NVidia were "considering" it based on opinion expressed by folks like Eidos etc. And I've also read that the publishers are definitely "pro" because Mantle support is/will-be available for Windows and Linux/SteamOS, (and perhaps even consoles I guess), because that's going to make their porting efforts a LOT easier.

Intel on the other hand, I really could care less about. Sure, their IGP's power a lot of laptops and low end desktops, but surely they're a distant third behind teams red and green?

[Noxvayl]

Intel on the other hand, I really could care less about.

So you do care... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

Couldn't let that one slide.

Back to topic: For now, with lots of games getting support for it, I am happy. It is good to see a promising bit of tech get used and will be interesting to find out how useful it is in its current limited state. I don't think nVidia will stay silent on the matter once we get results of it in action with Battlefield 4, there is bound to be a statement from them about it one way or another.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Hmm:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...&postcount=100
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...4#post25477144

Edit!!

Thief uses UE3,meaning that Epic might be also supporting it in some way hopefully with UE4.

Second Edit!!

A possible AMD announcement soon:

https://twitter.com/AMDRadeon/status/411586461381562368