TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro for $14.97 before Windows 10 support ends in July. Enjoy better performance, gaming, shopping, and ...

Here’s how it works. DirectX first made its debut back in 1996, and it forms the basis for why Windows dominates gaming. When the feature was first rolled out back on Windows 95, it allowed game ...

Microsoft is officially ending security updates for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025, which means now’s the time to upgrade your operating system.

Just in time for Windows 7 to die, Microsoft is porting DirectX 12 to it — on a game-by-game basis. The first game to deliver will be World of Warcraft, with others to follow. Microsoft’s ...

DirectX is an application programming interface (API) developed by Microsoft for Windows and Xbox. A graphics API is a middleman that facilitates sending instructions from software to the hardware ...

The Internet’s been abuzz over the promise of Windows 10’s underlying DirectX 12 gaming technology for months now. Drastically higher frame rates! Drastically lower power consumption!

Microsoft has announced DirectX Raytracing 1.2 at the GDC conference with claims of "game changing" performance benefits. But the newly revised API looks an awful lot like it has incorporated some ...

Microsoft and the OpenGL working group have both announced plans to bring close-to-metal APIs home for DIrectX and OpenGL. Where does that leave AMD's Mantle? Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Graphics Cards Microsoft announces DirectX Raytracing 1.2 claiming 'game changing' performance benefits but it looks like the important stuff is already in Nvidia's RTX GPUs, even the old ones ...

If you’re having problems getting a game or movie to play properly, the DirectX Diagnostic Tool can help you point out the source. To access it, go to Start in Windows 11/10/8/7, type dxdiag ...

The company has announced that the next incremental upgrade to DirectX, version 11.1 -- and presumably every new version thereafter -- will be exclusive to Windows 8. Microsoft touts DirectX 11.1 ...