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		babypuncher 15 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to ... Direct3D -> Vulkan -> Metal is quite the translation layer sandwich, I wonder if that would have a meaningful impact on performance

chuckadams 15 days ago [–]

The D3D -> VK layer actually seems to speed things up, so maybe we'll just end up back where we started :)

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