Vulkan or DX12 — Which API Should You Choose? - Steam Community
Conclusion While both Vulkan and DX12 have advantages, DX12 is the safer choice for most PEAK players. Vulkan can be useful for troubleshooting or on lower-end systems, but it may have stability …
What is Vulkan and how does it differ from OpenGL?
Mar 4, 2015 · Vulkan is a low-overhead API designed to bring code “closer to metal”, boosting performance and efficiency. It is based on AMD’s Mantle API, and the final spec is expected later this …
vulkan vs DX12 :: PEAK General Discussions - Steam Community
Jul 2, 2025 · Vulkan vs. DirectX 12: What's the Difference? Both Vulkan and DirectX 12 are modern, low-level graphics APIs designed for high performance and greater control over GPU hardware. …
Is DirectX 11 or Vulkan the preferred renderer now with Patch 8?
Apr 16, 2025 · I know that initially Vulkan had issues but is that still the case now with patch 8?
Are you guys using DX12 or Vulkan? - Steam Community
Dec 10, 2024 · Curious to know what other people are running. I noticed a slight FPS increase switching to Vulkan. My GPU is Nvidia though, and my CPU is AMD.
[BUG] DX12 textures not loading :: PEAK General Discussions
Jun 18, 2025 · The game on lowest settings using Vulkan is practically unplayable for me. The game takes like 30+ seconds to boot, the menu has like 1-2 sec lag, input constantly drops, and it doesn't …
Update brings demand for Vulkan? - Steam Community
Feb 4, 2025 · saw the update this morning. Now it wont start, but its because it needs vulkan. Hoping this is just a bug of the update. Is there any work around for this in the mean time?
Render setup error :: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle General ...
Dec 5, 2024 · When I tried to boot up the game, the following statement appeared: English: Missing Vulkan device extension(s), please update your graphics driver or GPU: …
DX12 vs Vulkan? :: Europa Universalis V General Discussions
I tend to favour DX12 when in Windows. Vulkan doesn't always clamp the colours on a wide-gamut display and leaves everything looking very saturated. At the moment both performed rather poorly. …
How does setting -vulkan in launch options for games that support it ...
Jan 30, 2025 · It's up to the program to interpret the options. If a game supports -vulkan then it means it accepts that parameter and enables its own Vulkan renderer. DXVK is a series of DLLs that replace …