Windows 11 auto-updates DirectX via Windows Update—you're likely already on the latest version. To force an update, open Windows Update in the Windows 11 Settings app and click "Check for Updates." ...

Microsoft has long said, and we have reminded users, that DirectX 11 is not just a Windows 7 technology. The company promised that DirectX 11 will be availalbe for ...

Microsoft has revealed a new Video Encode API for DirectX 12, allowing developers to take advantage of GPU acceleration to encode H264 and HEVC content. The feature is native in Windows 11 too.

Microsoft's DirectX Agility SDK 1.620 adds GPU crash dumps and shader delivery upgrades, while version 1.722 previews new ray ...

UTM 5 for Mac adds DirectX 11 and 12 for Windows 11 VMs, Vulkan 1.3 for Linux, snapshot management and USB sharing for macOS ...

Microsoft has released a DirectX feature that helps game developers understand why graphics cards crash during gameplay. AMD ...

Yesterday ExtremeTech posted the first part of an in-depth interview with two gentlemen from Microsoft dealing with DirectX 10. If you’re unfamiliar, DirectX is a Microsoft API (application ...

Early in the history of Windows Vista's promotional campaign, before the first public betas, Microsoft's plan was to create a desktop environment unlike any other, replete with such features as 3D ...

NVIDIA first introduced its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) upscaling technology with the GeForce RTX 20 Series GPUs in late 2018, which was improved upon with DLSS 2.0 in April 2020. More ...