You might have seen reports circulating that Windows 7 won't support DirectX 12, Microsoft's next, "low level" graphics API that will introduce several improvements to existing graphics cards and the ...

The infamous blue screen of death, or BSoD is one of the more universal Windows experiences. Many users have at one time encountered this harrowing screen. Sitting there with baited breath as we wait ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will ship with the latest version of its dedicated graphics API, DirectX 12. The software is now available for developers to test by signing up to the Windows ...

An upcoming patch from Microsoft could finally fix Windows 11's BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) issues on the DirectX API. If true, then this could be among the first major fixes for BSODing on the OS, ...

Microsoft’s new DirectX 12 will improve game play and extend mobile battery life on Windows Phones, Qualcomm said. The visual quality of games on mobile devices, PCs and the Xbox gaming console will ...

Microsoft has announced that its recent Windows 11 update KB5012643, which was already plagued with known issues related to Safe Mode and .NET 3.5, is now causing problems in games and applications ...

PC gaming on Linux continues to improve, with around 90% of Windows games now compatible and most working perfectly out of ...

Microsoft has long said, and we have reminded users, that DirectX 11 is not just a Windows 7 technology. The company promised that DirectX 11 will be availalbe for ...

I'm running windows XP, with the native directx installation. I tried to run the ATI Dolphin Demo (I just got a new Radeon 9100 128mb) and it says "This Demo requires hardware support of ...

I have an idea for a new control scheme for gamepads that I'd like to try out, and I'd like to make it work with any commercial game. So I need to figure out if it's possible to spoof or somehow ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...