DirectX 12 is now 10 years old but even with all its updates, it's still not the API to rule them all

With GPU architectures changing from being entirely graphics-focused and game rendering relying increasingly more on compute ...
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Why Microsoft keeps updating DirectX 12 instead of making DirectX 13

2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release ...
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Microsoft's DirectX Raytracing 1.2 update brings 2.3X performance improvement to path tracing

TL;DR: At GDC 2025, Microsoft announced DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2, promising significant performance boosts in ray-traced games through technologies like opacity micromaps and shader execution ...
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Celebrating 10 Years of DirectX 12

DirectX12 shipped in 2015 with a simple goal: give developers more control so games run faster, look better, and scale across ...