NX Gamer | How Important are API's? | Technobabble @NXGamer | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Hardware or software, which is the most important?

Here I dive into the confusing world of SDK's, API's, hardware and games and give you real world examples of just how much performance can be improved with a dedicated or better developed API.

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0:00 Purpose of Video
0:34 What is an SDK
02:12 What is an API
02:26 Xbox and PC Development under GDK and DX12U
05:37 PS5 Development
07:14 What does this all mean and examples of API functions
12:57 What does this mean for games
13:44 DX11 vs DX12
19:31 Vulkan vs DX12, Open_GL
20:00 Older Hardware and API impact
22:40 Summary and closing thoughts