DirectX 12 is the latest graphics API that powers Windows 11, but many of the best PC games still either run on DirectX 11 or include an option to switch. Which should you choose? Although most ...

Microsoft has announced it has launched a preview version of DirectSR. This is a new API that's been made to standardize super-resolution (upscaling) support for all DirectX 12-based PC games.

Microsoft has quietly released its latest DirectX 12 Agility SDK (version 1.619 alongside the 1.719-preview), and while the patch notes are dense with developer jargon, the implications for PC gamers ...

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.

A more powerful GPU usually means your games run better, but that's not always the case. The CPU's role in tasks and scheduling can bottleneck performance in some instances. Microsoft has been testing ...

DirectX is the secret sauce that allows most of the best PC games to run. It solves a problem for developers by offering a standardized solution to communicate instructions to your graphics card, and ...

For decades, there has been a discrepency between the level of optimisation game developers are able to achieve on a console versus the PC hardware equivalent. As Microsoft continues its PC gaming ...