A Faster Dashboard and 4K Possibilities The boost that DirectX 12 gives the Xbox One is not strictly limited to performance bumps in-game.

What DX12 can do for you (and your games) The drawback with DirectX before this latest release is that it still didn't provide "low-level" access to hardware components as seen with the consoles.

And we’ve all been salivating over a way to measure real-world performance improvements from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 since first learning about Microsoft’s updated API.

When DirectX 10 games hit the streets, the new API gave users marginal improvements in image quality alongside huge performance decreases.

Microsoft supports DirectX Ray Tracing in Windows 11/10. This will allow games to achieve a level of realism unachievable by traditional rasterization.

Battlefield 1 - 03:28 Sniper Elite 4 - 05:23 Total War warhammer - 06:58 Hitman 2016 - 07:42 System: Windows 10 Intel i5 ...

DirectX has been knocking around for years and allows developers to create games that can make the most of the components of your gaming PC.

What does this mean for gamers? Given all the clear technical advantages outlined on the previous page, you might get the impression that current high-level APIs are a massive waste of resources ...

DirectX 11: A look at what's coming It doesn't seem all that long ago when Microsoft first started talking about what DirectX 10 would bring to game development.

To answer that, we talked to several game developers, graphics engineers, and computer scientists about what they really think of DirectX 12, and what they think will happen when it’s released ...

Why DirectX 12 is a game-changer for PC enthusiasts From the archive: Digital Foundry's DX12 deep-dive, updated with fresh data and analysis from the newly launched Windows 10.

Bottom line, getting some simple DirectX 11 demos running on Linux is a long, long way off from getting games running on the platform.