and why do I need updates occassionally?
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I will add that before the usage of graphic API like Directx, OpenGL, Vulkan… the game had to be aware of how to send instructions to the graphic card but they all work differently. For this reason, the game devoppers had to decide which card they want to support and write different part of codes for each.
When you were launching a game back then (DOS era), a setup menu was displayed and you had to select your graphic card from the list supported by the game.
The usage of APIs greatly reduce the workload for the game developers as they only have to write code for the API they want to support and it’s the job of the graphic card driver to translate those standardized API calls to the specific GPU instructions.
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