The new Doom came out in May, and alongside that release, Nvidia published a video of the game running on the Vulkan API. Even though that screen capture topped out at 60fps, it made us want more. Now we're getting a chance. Id Software, Doom's manufacturer, has released a patch this week that’ll bring Vulkan to the game. This makes Doom the first major game to release Vulkan as a patch as opposed to a proof of concept or beta.
So what does Vulkan mean for you? As far as Doom is concerned, your game will perform at a higher frame rate, so everything will run a little more smoothly (not that it was bad to begin with). At a broader level, Vulkan support means game developers no longer have to rely exclusively on Microsoft's DirectX....
Doom is the first game to support Vulkan graphics
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