These days, when people think of gaming and Microsoft, it's Xbox that springs to mind, but before the first Xbox ever saw the ...

Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing tools for DirectX 12 make the holy grail of graphics possible: real-time ray tracing effects. And we have the first video to prove it!

Microsoft is claiming performance speed ups of 2x and more for DirectX Raytracing 1.2. Specifically, Microsoft says the introduction of support for opacity micromaps (OMM), "significantly optimize ...

DirectX is a core Windows feature that gives game makers the ability to utilize your computer's hardware resources. With DirectX 12 Ultimate, Microsoft is rolling out a series of new ...

"DirectX 11.1 is part of Windows 8, just like DirectX 11 was part of Windows 7," Microsoft Principal Program Manager Lead Daniel Moth wrote. "DirectX 11 was made available for Vista, but at this ...

Microsoft's DirectX 12 Ultimate standardizes many innovative technologies introduced in Nvidia's GeForce RTX graphics cards, including ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and more.

Of course, if Microsoft really is using DirectX 11.1 to artificially force its user base to switch to Windows 8, it can only do so much.

Microsoft has detailed all of the changes made with DirectX 11.1, and even though there aren't too many worth writing about, there's one new feature… ...

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 9, 2000 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of the final version of Microsoft® DirectX® 8.0. Through DirectX 8.0, developers can bring cutting-edge multimedia ...

Microsoft heard feedback from Blizzard that features like multi-threading in DirectX 12 were bringing substantial framerate improvements to World of Warcraft on Windows 10.

No, this isn’t a glitch in the Matrix. Microsoft Windows 11 Pro is currently on sale for $14.97 via StackSocial, a 92% ...

Microsoft has announced DirectX Raytracing 1.2 at the GDC conference with claims of "game changing" performance benefits. But the newly revised API looks an awful lot like it has incorporated some ...