DirectX has been knocking around for years and allows developers to create games that can make the most of the components of your gaming PC.

If you play PC games, you've probably heard about something called DirectX — it's hard to miss, because when you install a new game on a PC a dialogue box usually pops up that asks whether you'd ...

A Faster Dashboard and 4K Possibilities The boost that DirectX 12 gives the Xbox One is not strictly limited to performance bumps in-game.

Microsoft demonstrates DirectX 12 doubling the framerate of games at Build 2014 which will help push the Xbox One deeper into next generation gaming and will enhance the user experience.

When DirectX 10 games hit the streets, the new API gave users marginal improvements in image quality alongside huge performance decreases.

What DX12 can do for you (and your games) The drawback with DirectX before this latest release is that it still didn't provide "low-level" access to hardware components as seen with the consoles ...

And we’ve all been salivating over a way to measure real-world performance improvements from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 since first learning about Microsoft’s updated API.

DirectX 11: A look at what's coming It doesn't seem all that long ago when Microsoft first started talking about what DirectX 10 would bring to game development.

DirectX 11: A look at what's coming It doesn't seem all that long ago when Microsoft first started talking about what DirectX 10 would bring to game development.

DirectX 12 on Xbox One Smarter Graphics Rendering On the Xbox One, DirectX 12 could bring about meaningful improvements to its games and the system as a whole.

Why DirectX 12 is a game-changer for PC enthusiasts From the archive: Digital Foundry's DX12 deep-dive, updated with fresh data and analysis from the newly launched Windows 10.

What's less clear is why Nvidia consistently loses performance in every DirectX 12 game published to-date.