2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release ...

With GPU architectures changing from being entirely graphics-focused and game rendering relying increasingly more on compute ...

Microsoft has confirmed most of DirectX 12's improvements will be available on existing gaming hardware, but there's more to come at GDC. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in ...

Microsoft has published some details on its upcoming DirectX 12_2 feature level and which companies will be supporting these new capabilities in upcoming GPUs. If you're wondering how DirectX 12_2 and ...

DirectX12 shipped in 2015 with a simple goal: give developers more control so games run faster, look better, and scale across ...

The new 3DMark Speed Way benchmark sees UL teaming with Lenovo for branding, stressing out your GPU with ray tracing, and real-time global illumination to render realistic lighting and reflections.

The version of DirectX introduced in Windows 10 in 2015. A major change was adding very low-level programming interfaces (APIs) so that developers can obtain more parallel operations. Support for ...

In non-technical terms, both DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 work as translators that help your computer talk to games. Part of it includes helping your GPU render visuals and scenes in the game. DirectX 11 ...

If you’re a Windows PC gamer, then knowing if DirectX 12 is better than DirectX 11 is very important in order to get the best out of your favorite video games. Now, most people will say DirectX 12 is ...

Seems like Microsoft still want to use their proprietary Direct X instead of any form of open standard to lock in customers to their platform and make porting harder for game devs. Same goes for Apple ...

Thanks for this, Jim. Some thoughts, since I've been really into the whole ray tracing pipeline for some time. 1) Nvidia just saw a huge upgrade in value for its RTX line of cards, albeit one that ...