Microsoft has historically helped push adoption of new OSes along by locking gaming features - like new version of DirectX - to the latest version of Windows. DirectX 12 and Windows 10 have been no ...

The version of DirectX introduced in Windows 10 in 2015. A major change was adding very low-level programming interfaces (APIs) so that developers can obtain more parallel operations. Support for ...

Microsoft has today announced the release of DirectX 12 H264 and HEVC video encoding which is now included as part of the Windows 11 operating system and can also be found in the DirectX 12 Agility ...

Microsoft has revealed a new Video Encode API for DirectX 12, allowing developers to take advantage of GPU acceleration to encode H264 and HEVC content. The feature is native in Windows 11 too.

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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A week ago, Microsoft teased a new update to DirectX 12 for developers that will usher in "a new era of performance and efficiency." Today, we've got more ...

Every modern game now has DirectX 11 and 12 options, and Ready or Not is no exception. if you are not very techy, this choice can be confusing. Sure, DirectX 12 is new and might have better ...

One of the issues that have since forever been giving Windows users problems is DirectX Graphics Kernel Latency issues. This glitch comes up mostly after a Windows Update and causes sound issues ...

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It’s probably no big surprise that we here at the Shacknews offices were big fans of Microsoft Flight Simulator when it took off back in the summer of 2020. With its mind-boggling scale and next-gen ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Intel has officially dropped native DirectX 9 hardware support for its integrated Xe GPUs on its 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" CPUs, as well as its upcoming ...

The following solutions will help you fix the Unsupported DirectX version, No supported DirectX version found error while launching a game. Before proceeding, we ...