dx8 vs vulkan dx9 vs vulkan (dxvk vulkan)

[Dunya Misafirhane]

[Dunya Misafirhane]

[Dunya Misafirhane]

[DEVE]

Did you fully implemented Vulkan? Or you use the WRAPPER? I doubt you fully implemented it.

[Dunya Misafirhane]

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

Creating a Vulkan file is like rewriting the render from scratch. Changing from DX8 to DX9 is like changing code, but migrating to Vulkan is like writing new blocks of code.

[Nermin]

That's nonsense. Switching Metin to Vulkan is very complicated. The wrapper is a good alternative if you still have DX8, but if you already have DX9, it's not really worth it because it causes problems with MSAA and other things, as well as for notebook users with Nvidia or Optimus (DGPU/IGPU).
Engine to DX9ex, otherwise DGvodoo (dx12 api)

My DX9EX 64-bit client is running with 400 MB + 2k textures.

But thank you very much for the little comparison.

[Dunya Misafirhane]

Normally, Vulkan is performance-oriented. It uses much less RAM and GPU. Even when using the Vulkan wrapper, there's no change in the game's visuals. So, whether Metin2 is running on Vulkan or DX9, it gives the same visuals.
Vulkan is better because the game doesn't have graphics like Real Engine.
Despite requiring additional rendering, dxvk is very well optimized.

[Dunya Misafirhane]

Metin2 is the kind of game where you just apply .dds textures to models. It doesn't have advanced graphics and supports low-polygon .gr2 files.

[A l e x]

I haven't tried Vulkan technology yet (because I didn't really care) to integrate it into the metin2 server, but from what I can see it would bring a small impact. Maybe more visually. Anyway I would prefer DirectX 11 over DirectX 9 / DirectX 9 Ex / Vulkan. It seems to me that it moves more fluidly in managing HLSL files compared to DirectX 9 Ex, as well as the game.

[Dunya Misafirhane]

"Instead of wasting time on graphics, DirectX upgrades, or Vulkan, just use Godot."