2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release cycle over the years, starting with one of the first ever DirectX showcase ...

Microsoft has announced it has launched a preview version of DirectSR. This is a new API that's been made to standardize super-resolution (upscaling) support for all DirectX 12-based PC games. Over ...

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.

Microsoft has quietly released its latest DirectX 12 Agility SDK (version 1.619 alongside the 1.719-preview), and while the patch notes are dense with developer jargon, the implications for PC gamers ...