“DirectX is getting in the way.”
PCs aren’t just a bit more powerful than PS3 and Xbox 360 – they’re up to 10 times more powerful. So why aren’t PC games 10 times their console equivalents? Because of Windows’ meddling DirectX API (application programming interface), that’s why.
“It’s funny. We often have at least 10 times as much horsepower as an Xbox 360 or a PS3 in a high-end graphics card, yet it’s very clear that the games don’t look 10 times as good,” scoffed AMD graphics card mouthpiece Richard Huddy to Bit-Tech.
“To a significant extent that’s because, one way or another and for good reasons and bad – mostly good – DirectX is getting in the way.”