The messaging marks a sharper, more public pivot than the firm has made in years. "We started adding hardware-based support ...

Games are increasingly being rendered using AI, so Microsoft is bringing AI into the way future graphics chips will render ...

One thing that we apparently missed in AMD’s recently released drivers is the fact that this release enabled multi-GPU frame pacing support in DirectX 12 on all GCN-enabled GPUs and AMD APUs based on ...

When they launched last fall, Intel’s drivers for its Arc dedicated graphics cards were in rough shape. The company’s messaging at the time—and for months beforehand—was something along the lines of, ...

Microsoft’s upcoming DirectX 12 API will bring plenty of performance improvements but one the most impressive is its ability to mix GPUs and combine Radeon and Geforce graphics cards for some extra ...

It could be laying the foundation for whatever the Xbox division is cooking up, too.

Microsoft unveils AI-powered DirectX upgrades at GDC 2026, including neural rendering features, new ML tools, and DXR 2.0.

Running Linux virtualized on Windows is set to speed up slightly, and so is running Windows apps on top of 64-bit Linux and ...

A week ago, Microsoft teased a new update to DirectX 12 for developers that will usher in "a new era of performance and efficiency." Today, we've got more details on what the new 'Work Graphs' entail ...

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 GDC 2026, Microsoft announced updates to Windows 11 designed to help PC game developers create, optimize, and deliver ...

Although ray tracing can add visual realism to top-tier games, it can also maul the performance of otherwise top-tier PCs. It’s been a hurdle for years now, but we’re now one step closer to overcoming ...