News World of Warcraft Adopts DX12 but Gives up Fullscreen Exclusive Mode Cernescu Andrei July 18, 2018 Last Updated: July 18, 2018 1 507 ...

But at least in WoW, for now, the message seems clear. If you have a higher-end CPU and reasonably new GPU, DirectX 11 is the better API.

If you are on a Windows PC, start the game in DX12 first and see how well it runs. If you run into issues or if your game crashes, choose Vulkan the next time you launch PEAK from Steam. If you ...

Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, has had some interesting things to say about DirectX 12, and in a recent test he compared DX12 to its predecessor, DX11, on a high-end system with an unreleased GPU.

Though the differences between Vulkan and DX12 are negligible in most cases (especially in a low-demand game like PEAK), there are some things to consider when it comes to choosing a launch option.