DX12

GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition Runs Far Better on PC by Enabling DX12

GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition is far from the perfect remaster Rockstar fans had dreamed of, between the performance issues on PC and next-gen platforms and the huge downtime caused to the Rockstar Games Launcher. On PC, though, there is a way to improve the game’s performance. YouTuber Joker Productions found that switching the game’s API …

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UL Benchmarks Adds DX12 Sampler Feedback Feature Test To 3DMark, Now With Full DirectX 12 Ultimate Support

UL Benchmarks has added full support for DirectX 12 Ultimate within its 3DMark software suite with the addition of the Sample Feedback Feature Test. UL Benchmark Adds DirectX 12 Ultimate Sampler Feedback Feature Test To 3DMark 3DMark has been getting updated with DirectX 12 Ultimate feature tests for a while now. The test suite has …

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Microsoft DirectStorage API For Windows 10 Will Support PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD And DX12 GPUs

The Xbox Series X currently takes advantage of the DirectStorage application programming interface (API) which is currently exclusive to the console, but Microsoft promised to bring this over to PC last year. In a recent presentation with developers, the system requirements of DirectStorage API weren’t specified, but it did clarify that most modern systems could take …

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Native Super Mario 64 PC Port Appears with DX12 and ReShade Raytracing Support

An unofficial Super Mario 64 PC port was showcased by YouTuber ‘Unreal’ earlier this week. What makes this particularly interesting is that it appears to be a native port, that is to say it doesn’t use Nintendo 64 emulation software. In fact, this Super Mario 64 PC port even supports Microsoft’s DirectX 12 API and …

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Gaijin Talks Enlisted; RT Cores, NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 (‘A Huge Step Forward’) and DX12 Ultimate Support Coming

It’s been a while since we hosted Gaijin CEO Anton Yudintsev on Wccftech. As you probably noticed if you’re a regular reader, we’ve been checking up with several different game studios since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with more interviews planned in the coming weeks. Given the recent first public playtest of Enlisted, the studio’s upcoming …

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Fortnite Patch 11.20 to add DX12 Support; AMD Adrenalin Driver 19.11.3 Driver With Fortnite DX12 Support Released

Fortnite patch 11.20 will add support for DX12 to increase the game’s performance on high-end GPUs, Epic Games has announced. Epic announced the news on its official Fortnite blog. At the moment of writing, it hasn’t been confirmed when Fortnite patch 11.20 will be released but as AMD has already released its new Adrenalin 19.11.3 …

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New DX12 Features Available Now to Game Developers, Including Improved DirectX Raytracing

A bunch of new DX12 features have been unveiled by Microsoft’s Jianye Lu, Program Manager of the Graphics Team, in a blog post published recently. The focus appears to be on improving the DirectX Raytracing API. Microsoft worked with GPU vendors and game developers and is now presenting Tier 1.1 of DXR which comes with …

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