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KILLJOY60
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3 days ago

Is DX11 still available

how do i revert back to dx11 from dx12 or is that not possible  

 

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  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    3 days ago

    Hey KILLJOY60​,

    As of this patch back in March, I'm afraid DX11 is no longer supported. You can check the link for the full patch notes, or I've quoted the relevant portion below as well.

    This patch removes the option for DirectX 11. We discussed this decision and compared performance between DX11 and DX12 across the entire playerbase in this Dev Update. For additional clarity, DX11 was released in 2009 and as a result it does not have many of the capabilities shared by DX12 and consoles, including previous-gen consoles. Keeping DX11 increasingly requires maintaining two versions of the rendering engine: one only for DX11 and a second shared by every other platform. While continuing to support DX11 allows older GPUs to continue to play the game, it also slows down the development of our rendering engine considerably leading to fewer performance and graphical improvements over time. 

    DirectX 12 is supported by GPUs starting with the AMD Radeon HD 7790 and the Nvidia GTX 960. In Seasons 23 and 24, approximately 1 out of 1000 Apex players were playing on GPUs older than that at any given time. Rather than split our efforts, we decided to focus on improving the engine for the 99.9% of players who can make use of it.