
Nixxes say their ‘final’ DX12 release will be on 19 September and include both feedback from people who’ve tried out the alternative API and support for multi-GPU set-ups (not currently present). That should stop DirectX 12 being greyed out in the launcher window, and allow you to select it in-game as well (you’ll need to restart to apply it if you do it on the fly). To do that, right-click on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided in the Steam library, select Properties, navigate to the Betas tab and choose the DX12 branch from the drop-down menu. If you’re on Windows 10 and want to see whether DirectX 12 will further cybernetically enhance Adam Jensen’s adventures, you need to opt-in to a separate Steam branch. It comes as part of Patch 5, which continues to make fixes and changes to the game.

That’s basically the notes in their entirety.


It should also slightly reduce system memory usage. The patch notes state that this release fixes a DirectX 12 start-up crash, and reduced CPU usage when running the game in DX12 mode. Since the changes are all DX12-related, this probably only downloads for players who have chosen to use the DX12 preview branch. There’s a new, DirectX 12-focused patch out for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided today, which should improve performance for those opting to use that API.
