A simple question…before everyone starts suddenly becoming a PC expert.
Arenanet said they would look into DX11 after release….its been a while now… Game still has a lo of performance issues…and my system is no joke either.
Yes I know the game is CPU heavy which is sad…even the manufacturer of 200 – 600 series type of video cards said that lol..I cant mention a name since forum admins here are Draconian with the ban hammer (on an old driver update thread a few months ago). Also I’m not talking about new pretty effects for games I am talking pure performance gains.
Game is a New Generation MMO.
No DX11 support – Im not talking about pretty effects either I am talking about performance gain for systems that have a DX 11 capable card. Also yes now days more people have DX11 based cards then DX9 based cards ( I don’t mention DX 10 cause its rarely used and came out at a bad time just before 11 was launched)
On Steams current March 2013 Survey almost 50% of users have DX11 cards..(Thats just from people who took the survey as well) Rest have DX 9/10 cards. THere have been other survays (from people who did it) where there were 85% more on DX11 based cards.
Then comes the 64bit client. Sure it addresses more memory (if needed) but I have noticed games in 64 bit native are a lot more stable especially when switching and tabbing multiple apps.
Other MMOs that have switched to DX11 and 64bit clients have shown great performance increase.
Also those other game Devs had the harder job of adding DX11/64bit client to the game.
Guild Wars could have built the game around supporting it.
Many new MMOs coming have support out of the box and others are adding it.
Why not GW2?
Also lets try keep the amount of “Oh look Im suddenly an expert” comments to a minimum.