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How to Update DirectX on Windows 11

Windows 11 auto-updates DirectX via Windows Update—you're likely already on the latest version. To force an update, open ...
Bleeping Computer

Wine 4.0 Available with Vulkan, Direct3D 12, Game Controller Support

The Wine authors released the Wine 4.0 release, the latest major stable released of their open source and free compatibility layer designed to allow Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Solaris users to install ...
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DirectX 12 targeting Holiday 2015, preview release coming this year [Update]

At Game Developers Conference, Microsoft detailed DirectX 12. Promising a "console-like API," the key feature of DirectX 12 is Direct3D 12, which Microsoft's Anuj Gosalia jokingly described as "more ...
ExtremeTech

DirectX 12 reduces power consumption by 50%, boosts fps by 60% in new tech demo

At its Siggraph 2014 booth, Intel is showing off one of the first public demos of DirectX 12 and Direct3D 12 -- and the improvement over older graphics APIs, such as DirectX 11, is really quite ...
TechRadar

Microsoft details DirectX 12 for better Xbox One, PC performance

Microsoft plans to usher in the next-generation of gaming realism with DirectX 12 and graphics tool set Direct3D 12, the company announced at GDC 2014. For consumers, this developer-focused API ...
eTeknix

DirectX 12 Adoption Rates Fastest Since DX9

DirectX 12 has seen the fastest adoption rates of any API package since the launch of DirectX 9, a Microsoft developer has revealed. Max McMullen, the Microsoft’s Principal DirectX Development Lead, ...