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AMD recently stepped up support for Linux and then all of sudden Nvidia stepped up too. Mantle will be on Linux for sure. valve came out that their steambox are prototypes meaning they have not decided to go with Nvidia. They also have prototypes with AMD cards...Also steam is talking about Mantle...so put two and two together and I place a bet on Mantle on steamos running AMD. There will be a AMD webcast on 17th. Balls to nuts...Valve is either onboard or will be leaning towards it by NOV 11th which is the AMD developers conference. The chatter is loud and growing louder and louder every day about Mantle. No big game developer will be able to ignore it. If it was some other no name company that was pushing a new API then it would mean nothing until people could see it. I do not think CCP would want to say a word for the simple fact that this is not the place to come out the closet but if they want to please do :) As either way I am Bullish on AMD stock bursting to 6.00+ by the end of the month.

Yeah well I'll believe it when I see it in Eve.

I'm still waiting to see the new Sentinel model that was shown at the last Fanfest. Half a year later and they still haven't put a texture on it and put it in the game.

NVAPI works with Direct3D to give an advantage to Nvidia against AMD or whoever. This happens when developers get " help " from Nvidia. Those who push Nvidia can get a speed bonus. It is win win for the Developer and Nvidia. What AMD is doing is much bigger. Direct3D is not needed. Not that I would name a game company or anything . BF3 Runs better on Nvidia than AMD. Ever wondered why ? AMD flipped the script with Mantle so BF4, Crysis and many other games which will blow the doors off Nvidia. AMD wins for the simple fact of they are in all 3 Console`s. Which means lower cost to port to various platforms. Lower cost of development will drive it into being used with all big boy engines. EVE to PS4...it could easily happen. CCP had to be thinking about this a long time ago once they were talked to by AMD and SONY about developing for the PS4. CCP is a smart company they will make the choice that makes monetary sense. Development for DUST514 for PS4 ported to PC, XBOX would be awesome.Only big problem is protecting the memory space of the PC port. Since everyone and his mom would try and cheat every game. If I recall they have the trademarks already bought. Also Valkyrie. That will be a huge huge play on CCP`s part.That will make them big big bucks in the long run as long as they keep it simple and stupid. If I could only buy some CCP stock :P I would go long on the IPO for sure :) I can see walking in stations on the close horizon which will drawn in lots and lots of people...idle walking around cha ching..I am sure the team working on it is very small but they have been working on it for almost as long as I have been in EVE. Which I started in 2004. Yes send me my sword in the mail for July 4th 2014:).. of course much of this is speculation. For the record I am very bullish on AMD and bearish on Nvidia. If I was you I would be looking into purchasing a new AMD card :)

What I am very excited about beyond all of this is that CCP has worked their ass off to make DirectX 11 happen for us. I salute our developer overlords..

Just ditch the dead DX already and switch to OpenGL

Wow... I like the blue version a bit better

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I'm disappointed there's no consideration OpenGL support to lay the foundations for becoming a proper cross-platform game. I understand that moving from DX9->DX11 is going to be easier than DX*->OpenGL, but surely there must be a growing amount of users that are in the non-Windows camp and would appreciate the change.

I mean, I started the game back in the day because it had linux support, admittedly a wrapper, but it was still something. Alas, those days are long gone now and the bugs of running under wine are for enthusiasts to fix and workaround, but I can always hope the increasing interest in OSX and Linux gaming might push CCP to change their mind in the future. It may have been cheaper to lay the foundations now, however, than have a complete u-turn in 10 years time when the market for desktop OSes is more diverse.

Because we all know that this year is the year of the linux desktop, right guys?

It's been the present for over three years now :)

How about moving to OpenGL instead? That has support on practically every single OS out there unlike directx that is windows only. Dust is probably already OpenGL so it's not like you don't have programmers who know how to handle it.