What is Vulcan? -Solved

[Rooster Gold]

I see alot of posts complianing about no vulcan update, but have no idea what this means.

Could someone tell me what this is, do I need to download something?

Keep in mind I'M 48 and not tech savy.

[jordyexists]

Vulkan (with a 'k') is a low level API (application program interface.) Currently the API for DOOM is OpenGL.

What Vulkan has over OpenGL is far better optimization (game will run faster, less stutter, etc) and SLI/Crossfire support (allows people to use more than 1 graphics card if they have multiple GPUs in their system)

Vulkan is a new API and people are excited to see how a AAA developer implements it and what sort of performance gains can be utilized from it.

You should not need to download anything out of the ordinary; both AMD and Nvidia's recent driver packages contain everything you need to use Vulkan and the patch containing Vulkan will automatically download and update DOOM when it is available.

As long as your graphics card drivers are up to date, all you need to do is wait until id releases the patch for DOOM, download it, and POSSIBLY enable vulkan in game (or before the game launches) and it should work.

[Hunubul]

It's like DX12. It's new, pretty good, and not many games use it. Devs said they'll add it, but they didn't do it yet.

When it arrives you'll get more fps if your PC is capable of handling it.

[Rooster Gold]

Originally posted by jordyexists:

Vulkan (with a 'k') is a low level API (application program interface.) Currently the API for DOOM is OpenGL.


As long as your graphics card drivers are up to date, all you need to do is wait until id releases the patch for DOOM, download it, and POSSIBLY enable vulkan in game (or before the game launches) and it should work.

Thanks

[Wozzy Wozbourne]

do u have to download it

[Thumper]

Also keep in mind, any changes you make in the GFX settings from the game options, you must 1st quit and restart before any changes take effect.

[The Deliverance of Oblivion]

If Vulkan Optimizes the game better than why am I getting only 40-45 Fps at max. I have an AMD R9 360 what did I do wrong.

[fenderjaguar]

What CPU do you have? Also, the R9 360 is a pretty weak GPU. What resolution are you running at? Put it on lowest settings at 1920x1080, but with resolution slider at 75%.

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Originally posted by You Will Die Mortal:

If Vulkan Optimizes the game better than why am I getting only 40-45 Fps at max. I have an AMD R9 360 what did I do wrong.

What clued me in was that your card doesn't have a description.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-RX-570-vs-AMD-R7-360/3924vs3572

The second thing I noticed is that its performance is bad compared to a 100$ card.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-AMD-Radeon-RX-570-4GB-RS-XXX-Edition-Graphics-Card-RX-570P4DFDR-w-warranty/254321015889?epid=6031752144&hash=item3b36b6bc51%3Ag%3A5VUAAOSw9gtdR7Pv&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=1000%7C1500%7C2000%7C2500