The DirectX folks came up with a way for games to skip shader compilation and will use it on the ROG Xbox Ally.

Microsoft is claiming performance speed ups of 2x and more for DirectX Raytracing 1.2. Specifically, Microsoft says the introduction of support for opacity micromaps (OMM), "significantly optimize ...

Of the four DirectX 12 games currently in-market, Ashes and Hitman are wins for AMD and show a marked advantage in that API. Rise of the Tomb Raider, on the other hand, is a major Nvidia win.

At Gamescom 2025 in Cologne, Germany, Microsoft announced a series of gaming-focused enhancements coming to the Windows ecosystem. Alongside new hardware in the Asus ROG Xbox ...