Microsoft celebrates 10 years of DirectX 12: A decade of updates to the low-level graphics API but it's still not the master of all things rendering

With GPU architectures changing from being entirely graphics-focused and game rendering relying increasingly more on compute shaders, rather than classic vertex and pixel shaders, DirectX12 has gained ...
Geeky Gadgets

BIOSTAR Arc A380 ST graphics card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and OpenGL 4.6

10:00 am April 17, 2024 By Julian Horsey The BIOSTAR Arc A380 ST graphics card is available now at select retailers worldwide. It is priced competitively, making it an accessible option for users who ...
ExtremeTech

DirectX 12 reduces power consumption by 50%, boosts fps by 60% in new tech demo

At its Siggraph 2014 booth, Intel is showing off one of the first public demos of DirectX 12 and Direct3D 12 -- and the improvement over older graphics APIs, such as DirectX 11, is really quite ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Why Microsoft keeps updating DirectX 12 instead of making DirectX 13

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

AI will be crammed in more of the graphics pipeline as Nvidia and Microsoft are bringing AI shading to a DirectX preview next month

Yes, I know: more AI. Love it or hate it, that's the way things are going. For us gamers, it started with upscaling, then frame gen, then Multi Frame Gen, and soon, it seems, fully AI-generated frames ...
TechSpot

Microsoft DirectX embraces neural rendering for next-gen graphics

Forward-looking: Microsoft first introduced DirectX alongside Windows 95 as an incentive to drive game developers to support the new GUI-based operating system. The company has never stopped improving ...