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DirectX 12 is now 10 years old but even with all its updates, it's still not the API to rule them all

In the late summer of 2014, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be rolled out to PC users around the world in the following year. At the same time, it also revealed that the new operating system ...
ExtremeTech

Demystifying DirectX 12 support in Windows 10: What AMD, Intel, and Nvidia do and don't deliver

There's been a great deal of confusion over what it means to support various DirectX 12 feature levels and how this relates to various GPUs from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia. AMD and Nvidia have been ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Showcases Neural Rendering and DXR 2.0 Plans for DirectX at GDC 2026

Microsoft unveils AI-powered DirectX upgrades at GDC 2026, including neural rendering features, new ML tools, and DXR 2.0.
Digital Spy

Microsoft Windows 10 to ship with DirectX 12 graphics API

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 ...
ExtremeTech

DirectX 12 confirmed as Windows 10 exclusive, AMD and Nvidia go head-to-head

It's been just over a year since AMD launched its next-generation Mantle API, with the promise that low-overhead gaming would dramatically boost frame rates and lead to fundamentally new types of game ...