directx 12

We’ve come a long way since we launched DirectX 12 with Windows 10 on July 29, 2015. Since then, we’ve heard every bit of feedback and improved the API to enhance stability and offer more versatility. Today, developers using DirectX 12 can build games that have better graphics, run faster and...

This week at IFA and leading into PAX, Dell announced new gaming PCs powered by Windows 10, new curved gaming monitors, and the Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme Tablet – designed with the uncompromised performance, flexibility and reliability needed for the world’s toughest jobs and harshest...

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Today at E3, Alienware and Dell announced new PC gaming systems and components, including Alienware gaming desktops with new multi-core processor options, and a full range of performance gaming monitors and peripherals. Powered by Windows 10—the best version of Windows for gaming— these new...

Today at E3, ORIGIN PC gave a sneak peek of their all-new thin and light EVO15-S laptop powered by Windows 10—the best version of Windows for gaming. Measuring only .73 inches thick and weighing only 4.3 pounds, the all-new EVO15-S redefines the thin and light gaming notebook by supporting up...

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These devices are built to take advantage of everything that’s new for PC gamers in the Windows 10 Creators Update. With the Creators Update, you have access to built-in game streaming with Beam and a better gaming experience on Windows 10 with Game Mode, which dedicates more system resources to...

After announcing the OMEN by HP portfolio back in May, HP Inc. unveiled a new class of Windows 10 gaming computers today at their event in New York City and has them in display at Gamescom (HP Stand #A053, Hall 9.1) in Germany. The new OMEN X Desktop, OMEN X by HP Curved Display, OMEN by HP with...

Reposted with permission from Link Removed Introduction: Building the best place… to build At GDC Europe 2016, the Microsoft developer platform team is excited to showcase the technologies we’ve been working on to make both game development and gaming better on Windows 10. Not only are we...

A new benchmark will soon be coming to 3DMark as reported in their blog ''Time Spy is a new DirectX 12 benchmark test, coming soon to all Windows editions of 3DMark. With its pure DirectX 12 engine, built from the ground up to support new features like asynchronous compute, explicit...

Accompanying the arrival of Windows 10, Microsoft introduced DirectX 12 graphics library with multiple rendering technology more advanced, promising to push the image quality to new heights in the game. However at the present time, there are still very few games based on DirectX 12 platform, or...

The first truly DX12 game is coming soon to STEAM: Reference

Today ASUS introduced the new Republic of Gaming (ROG) PC gaming hardware lineup at ROG Unleashed in San Francisco. The new ROG line up, together with Windows 10 brings some fantastic hardware for PC gamers. ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih was joined on stage by Terry Myerson, who showed the best new...

This Unreal Engine 4 demo shows the engine's capabilities using DirectX 11 with demanding particle effects. Before running the demo you might have to install the (included) Microsoft Visual C++ Redist Runtimes. Settings can be edited using the included batch file (e.g. ResolutionSizeX=1920...

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AMD have recently blogged about DX12 features and what AMD parts will or are already compatible.

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