DirectX 12 is now 10 years old but even with all its updates, it's still not the API to rule them all

With GPU architectures changing from being entirely graphics-focused and game rendering relying increasingly more on compute ...
TweakTown

DirectX and OpenGL will now offer low-level access like Mantle API

Two new implementations is expected to come soon that will be a boon for PC gamers. Following Mantle API, DirectX and OpenGL will start offering low-level access to provide more efficient ways of ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Why Microsoft keeps updating DirectX 12 instead of making DirectX 13

2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release ...
Ars Technica

Valve releases open source Direct3D to OpenGL translator

With little fanfare, Valve has published the source to ToGL, a translation layer to support a subset of the Direct3D 9 API on OpenGL systems. ToGL is a component of the company’s Source 3D engine.
Gameranx

DirectX 12 Superiority Over DirectX 11 Demonstrated With 3DMark API Overhead Test

This could be the edge they need to fight for market share for both Windows 10 gaming and the Xbox One. Were you still a doubter regarding the performance boost of DirectX 12? We have a new video that ...
PC World

Windows 10 will woo gamers with supercharged DirectX 12 graphics API

Windows 10’s blatant bid to woo back PC power users already looks pretty damned appealing, despite being in a very early state. But Microsoft’s still holding a trump card up its sleeve that’s ...
Guru3D.com

NVIDIA: DirectX 12 Is Huge Improvement for Gaming

Microsoft today introduced DirectX 12 at the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. DX12 is Microsoft's latest version of the graphics API that is the dominant standard in the ...
Bit-Tech

Carmack: Direct3D is now better than OpenGL

First person shooter godfather John Carmack has revealed that he now prefers DirectX to OpenGL, saying that 'inertia' is the main reason why id Software has stuck by the cross-platform 3D graphics API ...
GIGAZINE

The announcement of DirectX 12 is announced, and the new version is expected to be released for the first time in 5 years

Microsoft's API for game and multimedia processing "DirectXNew version of "DirectX 12It will be announced soon to announce. The new version of DirectX will be the first update in 5 years. DirectX is a ...
Microsoft

Microsoft Showcases DirectX at GDC 2001

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20, 2001 — This week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2001, Microsoft Corp. will showcase the Microsoft® DirectX® API, its powerful game development application ...
ZDNet

Windows 10: Movie-grade, real-time 3D graphics near with DirectX Raytracing API

Microsoft is making Windows 10 friendlier to gaming developers like Valve and Steam, after its Windows 8 "catastrophe" left the gaming world in the lurch. The Redmond company has announced a new ...