

Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the best looking games of 2020 by far, and when it has all of its graphical bells and whistles enabled (thanks, NVIDIA) it truly looks out of this world.Ĭan cyberpunk use Vulkan? Is the game Cyberpunk 2077 a DirectX 12 exclusive?Ĭyberpunk 2077 is a DirectX 12 exclusive for the PC Cyberpunk 2077 is a DX12 exclusive because of DXR, the ray tracing tech on PC.

However the PC version will only support DX12, not Vulkan or even DX11.Ĭyberpunk 2077 is a DX12 exclusive because of DXR, the ray tracing tech on PC. We’re not sure that is surprising really?, as it offers raytracing support, and that DXR is tied to DX12. Will cyberpunk run on Windows 8?Ĭyberpunk 2077 is not compatible with Windows 8 and 8.1 as the game requires DirectX 12, which is not supported on the mentioned OS. Why it matters: What we’ve seen of Cyberpunk 2077 looks amazing, with gorgeous graphics and real-time ray tracing, but the prettiness comes at a cost: the PC version will be a DirectX 12-only title. If you were wondering which APIs Cyberpunk 2077 will support, CD Projekt Red finally announced the answer: Only DirectX 12. This enables developers to take advantage of the technology on the older OS. But the company expanded that to Windows 7 earlier this year. Microsoft originally only supported the newest graphics API on Windows 10 and Windows 8. Can I use DirectX 12 on Windows 7?ĭirectX 12 works on Windows 7, but that wasn’t always the case.

Keep in mind that official support for Windows 7 from Microsoft ended in January 2020.
