February 16, 2016 · vulkan demo retail game The Talos Principle

The Talos Principle in Vulkan

if you have "The Talos Principle" you can play with Vulkan API right now

  1. Download & Install Vulkan BETA Driver
    http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Vulkan-Beta.aspx
    https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver

  2. Install "The Talos Principle"
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/257510/

  3. if Vulkan does not show up as a graphics api try the publicbeta channel

  4. still not showing up? try the 64-bit launcher

  5. Read the Talos FAQ
    http://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447331651720139/


check out computerbase results with Fury X/980ti and moar resolutions

take my results as a grain of salt

DX11

Duration: 60.0 seconds (3917 frames)
Average: 65.3 FPS (67.6 w/o extremes)
Extremes: 118.3 max, 25.9 min
Sections: AI=6%, physics=1%, sound=1%, scene=73%, shadows=13%, misc=5%
Highs: 533 in 6.2 seconds (85.8 FPS)
Lows: 725 in 14.4 seconds (50.3 FPS)
30-60 FPS: 26%
60> FPS: 74%

Vulkan

Duration: 58.8 seconds (2475 frames)
Average: 42.1 FPS (43.5 w/o extremes)
Extremes: 153.8 max, 4.4 min
Sections: AI=4%, physics=1%, sound=1%, scene=81%, shadows=9%, misc=3%
Highs: 97 in 1.3 seconds (72.5 FPS)
Lows: 202 in 7.5 seconds (27.1 FPS)
< 20 FPS: 1%
20-30 FPS: 2%
30-60 FPS: 93%
60> FPS: 4%

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