When Moore Threads introduced its MTT S80 and MTT S3000 graphics cards based on the Chunxiao architecture, roughly two years ago, the company touted both decent performance and feature sets. Yet, the company admitted that it would take some time to develop proper drivers supporting the latest application programming interfaces (APIs) and games. As noticed by @Loeschzwerg_3DC, it has taken the company about two years to release its first DirectX 12 driver.
Launching a beta driver supporting DirectX 12 is a rather big deal for Moore Threads. Its graphics boards have consistently lagged behind the best graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia both in terms of performance and features. For now, Moore Threads's MTT S80 can support numerous DirectX 12 capabilities (not all of them, of course, as the Chunxiao architecture does not support ray tracing, mesh shaders, VRS, etc.). Testing shows it can now run the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark, the Steel Nomad benchmark, and some Chinese games that require DX12.
