
In short, DirectX 12 allows game developers to target optimizations closer to the hardware, reducing the overhead incurred from the API and graphics driver. It’s an important distinction between DirectX 11 and DirectX 12. Low-level APIs are closer to the hardware, while high-level APIs are further away and more generalized. There are various layers between your game and your hardware. DirectX 11: what’s the difference? The use of raytracing in Battlefield V.īetween DirectX 11 and DirectX 12, the most important difference is that DirectX 11 is a high-level API, while DirectX 12 is a low-level API. API overhead can represent a significant difference in performance while playing games, so while it may seem fine to use whatever version of DirectX you want, it can be one of the most important settings to tweak. As you can see in our breakdown of the Vulkan API, it provides better performance than DirectX in most games.

Not all graphics APIs are built equally, however. Returnal PC: best settings, ray tracing, Steam Deck, and more The best processors for gaming: AMD and Intel face off I don't even know what to do, cdpr used to be such a good trusted reputed company, oh how the mighty have fallen. So I switched back to dx11 version of the game and the game has never been smoother, although the graphics fidelity has significantly reduced and I can't use dlss and raytracing(even though I never used it even though it was an option) anymore.

And trust me I've tried so many things to fix it, changed vsync settings, installed stuttering fix mods, reset my graphics drivers, reset windows settings (without removing files and folders and apps and stuff), started a new game.

It made the game so stuttery I developed headaches. It gets worse if I tele port/ load another save game in the same session. I was playing in the dx12 version since December and the fluidity of the video wasn't perfect but it was playable but ever since like February rolled around idk there might have been some update whenever I load a save( I started a new game to see if the problem was with the save) it gets stuck at the first frame fading in after loading for a few seconds and then the second frame for a few more and when it finally loads it doesn't stop whenever I move around the entire frame freezes for more than half a sec and this keeps happening every 5 seconds.
