The PC industry is finally making a push toward a “holy grail” rendering technique that makes computer-generated imagery in movies appear so much more lifelike than the graphics in games. At GDC 2018 ...

Microsoft is moving on to the next generation of its DirectX gaming APIs for Windows and Xbox. DirectX 12 Ultimate enables developers to unlock all of the hardware features on PC and in the Xbox ...

For quite some time now, Fortnite has only allowed up to support of DirectX 11, despite the fact that new technology and software is allowing for bigger improvements in game performance. It would ...

Microsoft has announced its new graphics innovation DirectX 12 Ultimate, specifically designed for gamers and of course the companies new Xbox Series X console, launching later this year around ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. DirectSR, a new API from Microsoft that will allow developers to easily bring NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR, and Intel XeSS support to their games, isn't the only ...

Microsoft has revealed that the user mode Direct3D12 runtime has been ported to Windows 7, bringing some of the DirectX 12 performance improvements to those on the older operating system. One of the ...

Today, Microsoft announced DirectX 12 Ultimate, promising an alignment between PCs and the Xbox Series X. It promises features like DirectX Raytracing, Vraiable Rate Shading, and more. Today, ...

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday train rumbled into the security station today with high-priority patches for multiple vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer, the Bluetooth stack in Windows and ...

Recently, you may have noticed an ever-present flow of stories surrounding OpenGL and OpenGL ES successor Vulkan, a new low-level API from non-profit consortium the Kronos Group. Most notably, we ...

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