While the headline coming out of the Windows 10 briefing suggests a GPU upgrade is not necessarily required, it probably should more accurately read “…but it won’t hurt says Microsoft!”
Among the many announcements springing from the conference was the reveal of DirectX 12, which will roll-out as part of their brand new OS launch. The company released the following statement on whether or not the new architecture will require desktop owners to run out and drop a boat load of cash on a brand spankin’ new video card.
“Microsoft’s recent demonstration of a few new Windows 10 game experiences powered by DirectX12 has led some people to ask what specific hardware will be supported by the DirectX 12 API .While we are not yet ready to detail everything related to DirectX 12, we can share that we are working closely with all of our hardware partners to help ensure that most modern PC gaming hardware will work well with DirectX 12, including; NVIDIA’s Maxwell, Kepler and Fermi-based GPUs, Intel’s 4th generation (and newer) Core processors and AMD’s Graphics Core Next (GCN) based GPUs” the statement reads.
We’ll bring you more on the Windows X launch as it becomes available, which is expected to drop sometime by the end of 2015.