Items tagged with DirectX 12

by Joel Hruska - Thu, Oct 02, 2014

Lost Opportunity? Windows 10 Has The Same Minimum PC Requirements That Have Existed Since 2006

Buried in the details of Microsoft's technical preview for Windows 10 (look for our own discussion in short order), is a bit of a footnote concerning the operating system's requirements. I say footnote because this news -- that Windows 10 will have exactly the same requirements as Windows 8.1, which had the same... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Thu, Mar 20, 2014

Nvidia And Microsoft Jointly Demo DirectX 12, Offering Improved Performance, Better Multi-Threading And Backwards Compatibility

One of the most anticipated announcements of GDC this year has been Microsoft's unveiling of DirectX 12. The event today was light on some details, but didn't disappoint -- DirectX 12 looks like a huge step forward for gaming. The problem DX12 wants to solve is the same issue that drove Mantle. DirectX 11 isn't very... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Thu, Mar 20, 2014

New Reports Claim Microsoft's DirectX Rips Off Mantle, Won't Help Xbox One -- But Is It True?

Earlier this month, Microsoft acknowledged that it would debut DirectX 12 at GDC this year, with promises that it would offer many of the same features as AMD's Mantle. Fast on the heels of that announcement came news that the API would also be deployed on the Xbox One, presumably as part of a future update. Now, a... Read more...

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