As graphics performance expectations rise, particularly in mobile environments, Microsoft and the Khronos Group have made strides to incorporate the Vulkan graphics API into Windows 11 on ARM architecture. This move signifies a notable development in the world of graphics processing and gaming...
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A little background for those who wondering what is Direct2D and DirectWrite Hardware Acceleration
Direct2D :
Direct2Dis a hardware-accelerated, immediate-mode, 2-D graphics API that provides high performance and high-quality rendering for 2-D geometry, bitmaps, and text. The Direct2D...
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OpenGL 3 & DirectX 11: The War Is Over
Introduction
3DLabs And The Evolution Of OpenGL
A Need For Change
The Revelation
Direct3D 11
Multi-Threaded Rendering
Tessellation
Compute Shader And Texture Compression
Shader Model 5
Conclusion