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 ...

Where Winds Meet on PC allows players to choose between two different DirectX modes upon first startup: DX11 and DX12. For those unaware, DirectX is a graphics API that helps the software communicate ...

The Black Ops 7 DirectX error surfaced soon after the game's launch worldwide, and it's undoubtedly a frustrating one. This issue is believed to be a client-side ...

TL;DR: At GDC 2025, Microsoft announced DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2, promising significant performance boosts in ray-traced games through technologies like opacity micromaps and shader execution ...

Forward-looking: Recent big game releases appear to confirm that ray tracing and path tracing are the future of graphics rendering. However, these techniques remain prohibitively computationally ...

While starting a game or application on Windows 11/10, if you see an error message saying DirectX 12 is not supported on your system or DX12 is not supported on your ...

Arriving with .NET 9 in November, C# 13 brings a plethora of new features and enhancements that make it easier to write efficient, high performant code. The params keyword has been extended to work ...

Graphics Edge: "Bare metal" API technologies such as Direct3D 12 and Vulkan have given engine programmers new opportunities to create captivating and fast 3D gaming worlds. The job is not done yet, as ...

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