SAN FRANCISCO—Meet the next generation of gaming graphics. DirectX 12 is faster, lighter-weight, and more predictable, said Anuj Gosalia, Development Manager for Graphics at Microsoft, at the Game ...

In addition to Nvidia's new Maxwell GPU having top-of-the-line performance and power efficiency, it has another feature that will probably make a lot more difference in the real world: It's the first ...

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 ...

Microsoft has today announced the release of DirectX 12 H264 and HEVC video encoding which is now included as part of the Windows 11 operating system and can also be found in the DirectX 12 Agility ...

The key feature of DirectX 12 is Direct3D 12, which Microsoft's Anuj Gosalia jokingly described as "more Direct than ever." As expected, it will run across "all Microsoft platforms," including "the ...

A new Fortnite update is set to bring Microsoft DirectX 12 support to the game, making way for better performance on higher end PCs. The PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2 offers two different ...

After nearly five years of lingering on the same stable release, the next generation of DirectX is finally on its way. But a specter hung over Microsoft’s introduction of DirectX 12 at GDC on Thursday ...