Graphics solutions based on the first-generation architecture Graphics Core Next, which are used as part of video card Southern Islands and Sea Islands (Radeon HD 7xxx and Radeon HD 8xxx), do not fully support the programming interface DirectX 11.2 . The new API will be part of the operating system Windows 8.1 and will get some interesting features like mosaic texture (use system memory for rendering high-resolution textures) or HLSL-shaders.
According to Laila Ma, one of AMD engineers , the final version of DirectX 11.2 specification differs from that expected by AMD. Tellingly, the API support is provided at the hardware level, with the implementation of any of the drivers. Related Products :
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