You might have seen reports circulating that Windows 7 won't support DirectX 12, Microsoft's next, "low level" graphics API that will introduce several improvements to existing graphics cards and the ...

The most serious of the three warnings involves DirectX, the set of multimedia programming instructions used by most PC games, as well as other entertainment-oriented applications and peripherals, ...

Rumors have emerged about a wrapper under development that will allow gamers to play Vista-only DirectX 10 games under Windows XP. Currently, the Alky Project has released a preview of its DirectX 10 ...

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Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will ship with the latest version of its dedicated graphics API, DirectX 12. The software is now available for developers to test by signing up to the Windows ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

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 ...