Direct3D 12

Target entity: Direct3D 12
Context triple: [Vulkan, competesWith, Direct3D 12]

• A. DirectX
  DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft that enables high-performance handling of graphics, sound, and other multimedia tasks, especially for games, on Windows platforms.
• B. DXGI
  DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) is a Microsoft API layer that manages low-level tasks like enumerating graphics adapters, handling display modes, and facilitating communication between Direct3D and the graphics hardware.
• C. Vulkan
  Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance access to modern GPUs.
• D. DirectStorage
  DirectStorage is a Microsoft API designed to dramatically speed up game asset loading by enabling high-bandwidth, low-latency data streaming from NVMe storage directly to the GPU.
• E. Metal graphics API
  Metal graphics API is Apple’s low-level, high-performance framework for 3D graphics and GPU-accelerated computing on its devices.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Direct3D 12
Target entity description: Direct3D 12 is a low-level graphics API from Microsoft that provides high-performance, close-to-the-metal access to GPU hardware for Windows and Xbox game and graphics development.

• A. DirectX
  DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft that enables high-performance handling of graphics, sound, and other multimedia tasks, especially for games, on Windows platforms.
• B. DXGI
  DXGI (DirectX Graphics Infrastructure) is a Microsoft API layer that manages low-level tasks like enumerating graphics adapters, handling display modes, and facilitating communication between Direct3D and the graphics hardware.
• C. Vulkan
  Vulkan is a low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API designed to provide high-performance access to modern GPUs.
• D. DirectStorage
  DirectStorage is a Microsoft API designed to dramatically speed up game asset loading by enabling high-bandwidth, low-latency data streaming from NVMe storage directly to the GPU.
• E. Metal graphics API
  Metal graphics API is Apple’s low-level, high-performance framework for 3D graphics and GPU-accelerated computing on its devices.
• F. None of above. chosen