Microsoft rolls out Shader Model 6.10 and AgilitySDK 1.720, adding AI-ready APIs and improved GPU performance to DirectX 12.

Microsoft has unveiled Shader Model 6.10 in preview, introducing matrix math as a standard DirectX feature to enable neural ...

Microsoft has released a preview of Shader Model 6.10 as part of its DirectX Agility SDK 720 update, continuing its steady evolution of the DirectX graphics API.

Shader Model 6.10 wants to make neural rendering a core DirectX feature, not just an NVIDIA trick, with a new unified matrix ...

The UE5 implementation is reportedly 'in progress' and could help developers reduce shader stutter and long load times in ...

Microsoft has released Agility SDK 1.616, which includes support for Opacity Micromaps (OMM), a new feature in DirectX Raytracing that boosts performance. Back in March at the Game Developers ...

For those unfamiliar, DirectX is an API available on Windows and Xbox consoles that handles graphics rendering, similar to Apple’s Metal API. DirectX 12, the latest version available, brings a lot of ...

CrossOver 23 now lets Mac and Linux users play Windows games from EA, or which rely on DirectX 12, while its new geometry shader support allows games to play without graphics issues. Following its ...

The engineers on Microsoft's DirectX team are always busy bees, constantly working on one improvement or another. Today, the team announced that it's taking initial steps to get rid of a perennial ...

A wave of new AI tools from Microsoft, Nvidia, Autodesk, and others is transforming game development, from graphics rendering to animation and NPC dialogue. Advances like DirectX Shader Model 6.10’s ...

Microsoft has announced that neural rendering capabilities are coming to DirectX soon. Cooperative vector support, as it’s called, will lead to “cross-platform enablement of neural rendering ...

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