DirectX 11 hasn't gone anywhere, and don't expect to see DirectX 13 any time soon, either. Or ever, perhaps. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

DirectX12 shipped in 2015 with a simple goal: give developers more control so games run faster, look better, and scale across Windows PC and console. Over the last decade, DirectX 12 delivered on that ...

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a problem with the Windows application 3D Cubes Unlimited. It seems the program does not recognize newer versions of DirectX - even though I have the latest DirectX ...

TL;DR: Real-time ray tracing is now standard in AAA games, with Path Tracing emerging as the next visual breakthrough, enabled by technologies like DLSS, Neural Rendering, and DirectX Raytracing 1.2.

Forward-looking: Recent big game releases appear to confirm that ray tracing and path tracing are the future of graphics rendering. However, these techniques remain prohibitively computationally ...

CodeWeavers' CrossOver 25 update adds support for many more games on Mac, including support for games acquired from GOG Galaxy and the Epic Games Store. As a tool for enabling Windows games to run on ...

So you installed a game you’ve been waiting to play, and when you try to launch it, you’re met with error codes like “D3DX9_43.dll is missing” or “DirectX ...

In non-technical terms, both DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 work as translators that help your computer talk to games. Part of it includes helping your GPU render visuals and scenes in the game. DirectX 11 ...

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the sequel to Final Fantasy VII Remake, has been out for nearly a year, and countless players have already gone through everything the game has to offer. However, that’s the ...

CES 2025 brought us plenty of GPU tech to be excited about, much of it from NVIDIA. The GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs feature advanced AI tricks, with technologies such as DLSS 4 and neural rendering.

Microsoft's DirectX API has been a core part of gaming for decades, and Microsoft is preparing to upgrade this platform for the AI era. The new DirectX will have AI upscaling at the core, giving ...