Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to support new DirectX graphical features as they release. To that end, the company revealed the DirectX 12 Agility SDK today. This toolkit enables ...

The DirectX 12 Agility SDK will circumvent Windows updates for a swifter rollout of features such as Variable Rate Shading. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Microsoft just made it easier for developers to get DX12 features and technologies into their games, for gamers to enjoy, much easier than ever before with the introduction of DirectX 12 Agility.

Graphics Edge: "Bare metal" API technologies such as Direct3D 12 and Vulkan have given engine programmers new opportunities to create captivating and fast 3D gaming worlds. The job is not done yet, as ...

Why it matters: On Thursday, Microsoft's Agility SDK development team announced the preview release of Agility SDK version 1.7.10.0. The new version brings developers two new features, GPU upload ...

The DirectX software development kit Microsoft issued in 2002 contains a critical vulnerability, a Polish researcher claimed as he released attack code that can hijack Windows PCs by tempting Internet ...

The new graphics API is set to give developers all-new levels of control and freedom when creating our favorite games. I'm a senior analyst charged with testing and reviewing VPNs and other security ...

DirectX 12 has a variety of applications in multimedia environments, especially gaming and video. When it comes to the latter, it already provides APIs for GPU-accelerated video decoding and ...

After nearly five years of lingering on the same stable release, the next generation of DirectX is finally on its way. But a specter hung over Microsoft’s introduction of DirectX 12 at GDC on Thursday ...