I am wondering if it would be possible to know if the dev would support mantle API for this game? I think it would be nice to have a mantle API renderer implemented in a new DLC...

Hope to not create a discussion about graphics's API war.

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I don't know what "mantle API" is. But Bethesda has moved on. No more DLCs.

mantle Api is a new kind of openGL or Direct3D. in other words it improves graphics rendering techniques and allow the devs to optimize it as they want, this is the oposite of what openGL or DirectX (/3D) allow, because the optimization for those libraries are done on its respective driver. You might check on PCgamer or on wikipedia for more information to get a better idea.

That would probably require reprogramming of the entire renderer, so it's not going to happen to Skyrim. And most likely not their next game either.

MANTLE would boost Bethesda games massively, which seems to be heavily CPU bound, but they even went back on their promise of updating Skyrim to DX11, less likely to DX12 which is not even out yet... and seeing how Bethesda seems to be in league with nVidia i don`t even see this happening on their next games.

There will be no Mantle support.

I also don't think Bethesda Game Studios will ever support Mantle or OpenGL they only support DirectX on the PC versions of the video games that they develop.

Also Nvidia said they do not care to support AMD's Mantle API on their graphic cards only DirectX and OpenGL. So AMD's Mantle API will never be released on Nvidia's graphics cards which 51.94% of PC gamers have vs 31.03% of PC gamers who have AMD graphic cards. I am going to be selling my AMD graphic card later this year to purchase a Nvidia graphic card Nvidia just offers so much more support with their graphic drivers.