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 …
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 …
Vulkan or DX12 — Which API Should You Choose? - Steam …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Enable Vulkan on DOTA 2 with Quick Test - Steam Community
What is vulkan? The best API you can ever experience in terms of using what is needed across the hardware you have, to balance the performance of speed, and utilization. It's mainly for …
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?
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?
How does setting -vulkan in launch options for games that …
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 …