DX12 or Vulkan

[Rockstone]

At start there is an option: DX12 or Vulkan.
Which is better?

[TyCobb]

It's hit or miss depending on the game and a person's setup.

Some games DX12 has issues and Vulkan fixes it for me. Other games DX12 runs fine, but Vulkan has issues or runs worse. It's all in how well they are coded up in the engine. I normally just stick with DX12 by default, but if I run into performance issues or crashes I then check out Vulkan.

DX12 has a better chance of being more stable because Vulkan is a lot more complicated to implement.

[[PPP]Pocy]

Hello, a simple question: I have chosen vulkan as startoption and my game runs stable with it. I add a startmenu icon on my desktop to launch the game. Unfortunately it`s always starting with DX12 via the icon. Do you have a solution for me?

[hughw]

I'm using Vulkan 100 hours no crashes. It can often depend on the combination of graphics card drivers you have. So one card may have better drivers for DX12 and works fine, while another works better with Vulkan.

[Lowlight]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Dutchigo-san:

if you are planning on taking screenshots then choosing DX12 is the better option as Vulkan causes glitches to the screenshot. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3427935251

Yep, came here to search for why this happens, turns out it's VULKAN's fault.

[Чеснов сос]

Well for me it runs better on Vulkan.
Mostly switched to check if it had less bugs. But then i noticed i had higher fps on Vulkan so i chose to keep using it.
Note i am running a full AMD build:
GPU - RX7700XT
CPU-Ryzen 7600X
RAM-32gb GDDR5 RAM
M2 NVME for operating system
Games on SATA SSD
And yes i play with FSR3 on but set to native so no upscaling just cheaper AA

[Minnesota Ray]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από PPPPocy:

Hello, a simple question: I have chosen vulkan as startoption and my game runs stable with it. I add a startmenu icon on my desktop to launch the game. Unfortunately it`s always starting with DX12 via the icon. Do you have a solution for me?

I don't think there is a solution. Civ 6 is the same. The desktop icon always uses DX12, no matter what you prefer.

[JerBeware]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Rockstone:

At start there is an option: DX12 or Vulkan.
Which is better?

I used DX12 at first, but it did crash once. After that I tried Vulkan and haven't looked back. So probably 20 hours in one mode vs. 180 hours in the other. One crash either way.

Performance and visuals were fine on both.