Intel Core Ultra NPUs receive a boost from Windows 11 DirectML preview
Microsoft's Machine Learning framework only supports Intel NPUs for now
The History of the Modern Graphics Processor
3D graphics transformed a somewhat dull PC industry into a spectacle of light and magic after generations of innovative endeavor. TechSpot's look at the history of the GPU goes from the early days of 3D, to game-changing hardware and beyond.
CrossOver 23 adds DirectX 12 support to macOS
CrossOver lets you run Windows apps and games seamlessly on macOS without Windows. CrossOver 23 has been updated with Wine 8.0.1 and initial support for DirectX 12 games, including Diablo IV.
New Intel Arc drivers bring some massive improvements to DirectX 9 performance
A great sign of things to come from Intel
Intel is dropping native DirectX 9 support on Arc and Xe GPUs, going with emulation instead
Team Blue is passing the Direct3D 9 torch to a Direct3D 12 conversion layer
Forspoken demo offers a glimpse of Microsoft's DirectStorage in action
Developers believe one-second loading times will be possible in the near future
Intel is disabling support for DirectX 12 on 4th-gen Core processors
The decision was made after finding a potential security vulnerability in Intel iGPUs that allowed escalation of privilege
Microsoft's DirectStorage for PC will work with PCIe 3.0 SSDs
Great news for users with PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs
What's New in DirectX 12? Understanding DirectML, DirectX Raytracing and DirectStorage
DirectX 12 has been expanding to cover ray tracing, machine learning and faster storage. Learn how next-gen titles like Cyberpunk 2077 are using some of these extras, and how they'll make games better for us all.
Microsoft will bring DirectStorage API from the Xbox to PCs to reduce IO bottlenecks in games
A developer preview is expected to drop next year
Microsoft's DirectX 12 Ultimate graphics API seeks to unify Xbox and PC gaming visuals
Microsoft preps for the future of gaming
Microsoft previews features coming to DirectX 12, including improved ray tracing
Redmond introduces 'the next generation of GPU geometry processing'
Microsoft introduces Variable Rate Shading to DirectX 12 bringing significant performance benefits
Support from major studios so quickly says something
Battlefield V DXR Real-Time Ray Tracing Performance Tested
Real-time ray tracing is finally here and today we're exploring how it looks and performs in the first game to support it fully: Battlefield V. In this article we're not only benchmarking the three GeForce RTX cards across all the ray tracing presets in the game, but we've also got some great comparisons for you to show exactly the difference between RTX on and RTX off.
Microsoft's 'DirectX Raytracing' technology aims to bring movie-quality lighting to video games
Photorealistic graphics could be on the way
DirectX 11 vs. DirectX 12 performance: Ashes of the Singularity benchmarked
Windows 10 has been out for a few months now and with it came a number of improvements that make it Microsoft's best OS yet. However, one of the operating system's biggest features has yet to be seen in action. DirectX 12 is a key ingredient dedicated to PC gamers but the long wait is coming to an end.
