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Star Control: Origins Benchmark

Star Control: Origins blev lanceret for over et år siden på PC.

Nu frigiver udvikleren Stardock en benchmark, der fokuserer på at måle DirectX 12 og vulkan ydeevne på din PC. Ifølge pressemeddelelse, er målet her ikke kun at lade spillere evaluere deres konfigurationer (og sammenlignede deres resultater online), men primært for at hjælpe AMD og NVIDIA i "vurdering af styrker og svagheder i deres DirectX 12 og vulkan driver", der ofte stadig slået af den ældre DirectX 11 API. Vi har fået nedenstående tilsendt (på engelsk).

The benchmark is set on an alien world that is generated on-the-fly as the scripted lander travels over it. The objective is to measure PC gaming performance using DirectX® 12 and Vulkan™, while putting as much stress on the CPU as possible also. The DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs differ from previous generations of graphics APIs in that they were designed from the ground up in order to allow games to send commands to the GPU from multiple threads simultaneously.

"Being able to have several threads talking to the GPU at once is a game changer," said Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock. "When fully exploited by the game and graphics drivers, and then combined with hardware with lots of cores, a lot of exciting game features become possible."

Based on the user’s CPU configuration, the benchmark will report the system’s theoretical maximum. The benchmark accomplishes this by having a planet that is generated as it is executed. "The biggest technical challenge was making sure to push the CPU and GPU simultaneously," said Wardell. “The planet is actually being generated as the lander travels over it. This is extremely CPU intensive and really lets users see the connection between lots of CPU cores and next-generation APIs."

The Star Control: Origins Benchmark also includes support for AMD FidelityFX Contrast-Adaptive Sharpening (CAS) to deliver great looking visuals. FidelityFX automatically reduces overhead and frees up your GPU for the visceral experience you demand. Look for the Star Control: Origins Game to add FidelityFX support in a future update.

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