{"id":9519,"date":"2014-04-14T18:53:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2014-04-14T18:53:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T16:53:54","slug":"mantle-takes-to-the-stars-with-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/9519-mantle-takes-to-the-stars-with-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantle Takes to the Stars With Sid Meier\u2019s Civilization: Beyond Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man\u00adt\u00adle Gra\u00adphics API<\/span> to Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte Per\u00adfor\u00admance for Gamers in Exci\u00adting New Ent\u00adry to the Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon Franchise<\/em><\/p>\n

SUNNYVALE<\/span>, CA<\/span> \u2014 04\/14\/14 \u2013<\/em><\/strong> Today, AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) announ\u00adced a new tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adner\u00adship with 2K<\/span> Games that will enable sup\u00adport for the Man\u00adt\u00adle gra\u00adphics API<\/span> in Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon\u00ae: Bey\u00adond Earth\u2122, to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance and impro\u00adve image qua\u00adli\u00adty for cus\u00adto\u00admers of AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 graphics.<\/p>\n

Man\u00adt\u00adle is a \u201clow-over\u00adhead\u201d gra\u00adphics API<\/span> that can help impro\u00adve per\u00adfor\u00admance for gamers by: making bet\u00adter use of mul\u00adti-core CPUs, stream\u00adli\u00adning game code exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon, vir\u00adtual\u00adly eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adting soft\u00adware bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adecks and uti\u00adli\u00adzing GPU<\/span> resour\u00adces with incre\u00addi\u00adble efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The Man\u00adt\u00adle gra\u00adphics API<\/span> is the first and curr\u00adent\u00adly the only pro\u00adven low-over\u00adhead API<\/span> available to deve\u00adlo\u00adpers and gamers,\u201d said Rit\u00adche Cor\u00adpus, direc\u00adtor of ISV<\/span> gam\u00ading and alli\u00adances, AMD<\/span>. \u201cThe per\u00adfor\u00admance of such an API<\/span> can be tre\u00admen\u00addous, par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly in games with a lar\u00adge num\u00adber of on-screen units. We are tre\u00admen\u00addous\u00adly proud to col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adte with 2K<\/span> Games on Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon: Bey\u00adond Earth to bring the\u00adse bene\u00adfits to life in such a bel\u00adoved franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon: Bey\u00adond Earth is a new sci-fi install\u00adment in the award-win\u00adning Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon fran\u00adchise that sends play\u00aders on an expe\u00addi\u00adti\u00adon from Earth, lea\u00adding their peo\u00adp\u00adle to a new fron\u00adtier to explo\u00adre and colo\u00adni\u00adze an ali\u00aden pla\u00adnet, and chart a new cour\u00adse for humanity.<\/p>\n

For the first time, play\u00aders will lead fac\u00adtions divi\u00added by con\u00adtras\u00adting cul\u00adtures and evol\u00adve their new civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adons to reflect their cho\u00adsen desti\u00adny. Play\u00aders will expe\u00adri\u00adence an array of new game\u00adplay pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, inclu\u00adding non-line\u00adar tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal pro\u00adgres\u00adsi\u00adon, deeper cus\u00adto\u00admiza\u00adti\u00adon of their cho\u00adsen fac\u00adtion, and an enti\u00adre ali\u00aden world that will chan\u00adge the very iden\u00adti\u00adty of each fac\u00adtion based on their choices.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon fran\u00adchise has long been reco\u00adgni\u00adzed for both its addic\u00adti\u00adve game\u00adplay and its tech\u00adni\u00adcal pro\u00adwess,\u201d said Ste\u00adve Mey\u00ader, direc\u00adtor of soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, Fira\u00adxis Games. \u201cOur col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with AMD<\/span> to aug\u00adment Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon: Bey\u00adond Earth with the Man\u00adt\u00adle gra\u00adphics API<\/span> secu\u00adres that repu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon for a new chap\u00adter in the Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon to sup\u00adport for the Man\u00adt\u00adle gra\u00adphics API<\/span>, Sid Meier\u2019s Civi\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon: Bey\u00adond Earth will also sup\u00adport AMD<\/span> Cross\u00adFi\u00adre\u2122 tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to deli\u00adver the per\u00adfor\u00admance neces\u00adsa\u00adry for UltraHD reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adons, as well as AMD<\/span> Eye\u00adfi\u00adni\u00adty tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy for pan\u00ado\u00adr\u00adamic game\u00adplay on up to six simul\u00adta\u00adneous dis\u00adplays con\u00adnec\u00adted to a sin\u00adgle AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 gra\u00adphics card.<\/p>\n

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