Neowin News Feed for: Directx12

New 3DMark update adds Variable-Rate Shading (VRS) Tier 2 support

Sayan Sen — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 19:40:01 +0000

UL Benchmarks - the creator of the popular 3DMark graphics benchmark suite - has added a new update to the 3DMark application which further expands the capability of the 3DMark VRS feature test. Read more...

Microsoft bets big on HDR for the future of DirectX 12; coming to Insiders this year

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:20:01 +0000

Microsoft thinks HDR TVs and displays will be the next big thing instead of 4K. So the company will give developers new tools to target these displays in DirectX 12 on Xbox One and Windows 10. Read more...

Check out these eye-watering DirectX 12 demos

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has started talking a bit more about DirectX 12 and its graphical capabilities that will be part of Windows 10. But an image is worth a thousand words so check out these amazing demos. Read more...

DirectX 12 rumoured to allow combining AMD and Nvidia cards on same PC

Shreyas Gandhe — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:46:01 +0000

A new rumour has emerged suggesting that Microsoft could be working on a revolutionary feature with DirectX 12, allowing users to combine graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD on the same machine. Read more...

Microsoft and Unity offer prizes of up to $10,000 in the Windows Game Developer Contest

Usama Jawad — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:34:01 +0000

Microsoft and Unity have teamed up to offer cash prizes of up to $10,000 to Unity game developers who participate in the Windows Game Developer Contest which runs till 20 March 2015. Read more...

NVIDIA: DirectX 12 will support unannounced features on future graphics chips

John Callaham — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:02:03 +0000

An NVIDIA spokesperson said while Microsoft's DirectX 12 API will increase performance on current graphics chips, it also will offer unannounced new features that will be supported on future GPUs. Read more...