Benchmark testing software company Futuremark has revealed it will add a test to its 3DMark product that will demo the graphical improvements in DirectX 12, which will ship as part of Windows 10. The new API Overhead feature test will be the same demo that Microsoft used to show off the difference between DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 as part of its Windows 10 gaming presentation earlier...
A new report from Microsoft's Windows 10 press event today confirms that the upcoming DirectX 12 graphics API will only be for Windows 10 users. In other words, Windows 7 and 8 PC owners will have to take advantage of Microsoft's offer of a free upgrade to Windows 10 for one year to get the benefits of DirectX 12. That's not all. According to Rock Paper Shotgun's report, Windows 10...
AMD has now issued an official statement on comments made earlier this month by its Chief Gaming Scientist Richard Huddy, saying that he was "speculating" when he stated that Windows 7 will not support Microsoft's upcoming DirectX 12 graphics API. Huddy made those comments during a presentation at the PDXLAN gaming event. He stated at the time, "One thing that's not going to happen...
It's not exactly a shock, but an AMD rep recently stated that DirectX 12, the next version of Microsoft's graphics API for Windows, won't be made available for Windows 7. Microsoft has already announced that DirectX 12 will launch alongside Windows 10 sometime in 2015. The news came from AMD's Chief Gaming Scientist Richard Huddy at a presentation during the recent PDXLAN gaming...
Microsoft's DirectX 12 API for 3D graphics in games and other applications was first announced in March, but since then the company has been pretty quiet about its status. That changed this week as Microsoft and Intel teamed up to show that games that will use DirectX 12 will maintain high frame rates while also cutting the power consumption of a PC's CPU. As part of the annual...
Earlier this month Microsoft teased DirectX 12. The company said they’d have info to share about the next version of DirectX at this week’s GDC gaming conference. The Microsoft press conference just took place this morning. The DirectX team announced and shared a ton of info about DirectX 12. Read on if you’re ready for gaming to get even more enjoyable on your console, PC and phone....
Microsoft has just teased DirectX 12. The next version of its collection of multimedia APIs that are popular in game programming. The announcement will take place at this month’s Game Developer Conference on March 20th. AMD, Intel, NVDIA and Qualcomm all appear on the teaser site. Obviously indicating their support and backing for the next version of DirectX from Microsoft. The...
Sometimes technology is a collection of circuitry and silicon, sometimes though – it is a magical moment full of feelings and memories. The best experiences are born when technology transcends our knowledge and connects us with what we love. British science fiction writer and futurist, Arthur C. Clarke, once said: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...