What does this Direct3D 12.0 capable card mean in system requirements?

[RustyDawn]

Hi, as you can see in the screenshot below, it mentions Hardware GPU acceleration* which says Direct 3D level 12.0 card.

I don't understand it. It's too technical for me. How do I know if the GPU in my laptop has this feature? (Laptop GPU is NVIDIA 940MX).

Further, if my current GPU doesn't have this feature, I would still like to know how to know if a GPU (which I would buy for my desktop) has this feature?

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

For your current card: Open a Windows Command Prompt, and run the dxdiag command. There will be information in the Display tab of the output that will tell you your GPU's capabilities.

For any future card: the manufacturer's specs should tell you its capabilities. 

[RustyDawn]

22 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

For your current card: Open a Windows Command Prompt, and run the dxdiag command. There will be information in the Display tab of the output that will tell you your GPU's capabilities.

For any future card: the manufacturer's specs should tell you its capabilities. 

Thanks for replying. Actually my laptop has two GPUs. Integrated Intel UHD GPU and the other NVIDIA 940MX. When I checked this dxdiag information, I could see Direct3D DDI: 12 under Display and Render tabs (see two screenshots below):

So does it mean both GPUs have this Direct3D 12 support which is needed for Affinity apps?

[walt.farrell]

From that, I think that only the Intel GPU has the support for OpenCL that is needed for use in the Affinity V2 applications. But that should be enough to enable it.

[RustyDawn]

1 minute ago, walt.farrell said:

From that, I think that only the Intel GPU has the support for OpenCL that is needed for use in the Affinity V2 applications. But that should be enough to enable it.

Oh. If NVIDIA would have been mentioned under "Display" tab, that would also work?