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Microsoft officially announces the DirectX 12 Agility SDK
Microsoft officially announces the DirectX 12 Agility SDK
Today, Microsoft has officially announced the DirectX 12 Agility SDK.
April 21, 2021
Microsoft will showcase new DirectX 12 features & SDK on April 21st
Microsoft will showcase new DirectX 12 features & SDK on April 21st
Microsoft has announced that it will hold its Game Stack Live event on April 21st, in which it will present new DX12 features and a new SDK.
April 6, 2021
Collabora and Microsoft introduce OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.3 on DirectX 12
Collabora and Microsoft introduce OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.3 on DirectX 12
Collabora has announced that it has partnered with Microsoft DirectX engineers to build OpenCL and OpenGL mapping layers, in order to bring OpenCL 1.2 and OpenGL 3.3 support to all Windows and DirectX 12 enabled devices.
March 24, 2020
Microsoft announces DirectX 12 Ultimate, featuring DirectX Raytracing 1.1, new tech demo video
Microsoft announces DirectX 12 Ultimate, featuring DirectX Raytracing 1.1, new tech demo video
March 19, 2020
Developers can now port their games to the DX12 API more easily than before
Developers can now port their games to the DX12 API more easily than before
Microsoft has announced that that the D3D12 Translation Layer is now open source. As such, developers can now port their games to the DX12 API more easily than before.
Jan. 16, 2020
Developers now have access to more DX12 features, such as DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 & Mesh Shader
Developers now have access to more DX12 features, such as DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 & Mesh Shader
Oct. 29, 2019
New Reshade version is available for download, offering experimental support for DX12 games
New Reshade version is available for download, offering experimental support for DX12 games
May 28, 2019
Microsoft brings DirectX 12 to Windows 7, World of Warcraft the first game supporting it
Microsoft brings DirectX 12 to Windows 7, World of Warcraft the first game supporting it
March 13, 2019
PC games with minor ray tracing capabilities will come out in 2018
PC games with minor ray tracing capabilities will come out in 2018
March 29, 2018
3DMark Time Spy Extreme DirectX 12 4K Benchmark is now available
3DMark Time Spy Extreme DirectX 12 4K Benchmark is now available
Futuremark has released a major update for 3DMark that adds the first DirectX 12 4K benchmark.
Oct. 11, 2017
Microsoft’s PIX DX12 tool introduces system monitor that will help developers optimize their games
Microsoft’s PIX DX12 tool introduces system monitor that will help developers optimize their games
June 27, 2017
3DMark’s API Overhead feature test now fully supports the Vulkan API
3DMark’s API Overhead feature test now fully supports the Vulkan API
March 23, 2017