此次公布的DirectX 12 Ultimate主要有两大特点，第一它是一个多平台的API接口，微软的次世代主机XBOX Series X也会用这个图形API，可以说是统一了PC以及XBOX的图形API接口，这可以让开发者在开发时更加得心应手，不用再为XBOX以及PC的不同API接口而烦恼，同时也可以拥有更大的用户群体。

在电子游戏漫长的发展史中，PC游戏产业始终建立在一座稳固的“铁三角”之上：Windows操作系统、x86指令集架构以及DirectX图形API 。这三者构成的标准化体系，在过去三十年间为无数经典游戏的诞生提供了温床。 对于现代的PC游戏玩家而言，点击Steam图标运行游戏 ...

在 PC 硬件和游戏圈，DirectX 12（DX12）这个经典图形API绝对是个绕不开的话题。从 2015 年打着“贴近硬件”的旗号初出茅庐，到如今稳坐主流游戏图形API的宝座，这个经典的图形 API 已经陪我们走过了波澜壮阔的十年。 最近，在DirectX 12发布十周年之际，微软 ...

Microsoft is making Windows 10 friendlier to gaming developers like Valve and Steam, after its Windows 8 "catastrophe" left the gaming world in the lurch. The Redmond company has announced a new ...

The time’s are a-changing, and the graphics technology games have used for decades are changing right along. Khronos Group is throwing out nearly 25 years of OpenGL and starting fresh with a powerful ...

Microsoft has confirmed the existence of DirectX 12. As expected, it will be unveiled at GDC 2014 on March 20. It would appear that all the usual suspects are already on board -- the use of their ...

Despite numerous online reports’ suggestion to the contrary earlier this week, AMD says it is committed to supporting Microsoft’s Direct X application programming interface (API) on its GPU hardware ...

Microsoft and the OpenGL working group have both announced plans to bring close-to-metal APIs home for DIrectX and OpenGL. Where does that leave AMD's Mantle? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Windows 10’s blatant bid to woo back PC power users already looks pretty damned appealing, despite being in a very early state. But Microsoft’s still holding a trump card up its sleeve that’s ...

Recently, you may have noticed an ever-present flow of stories surrounding OpenGL and OpenGL ES successor Vulkan, a new low-level API from non-profit consortium the Kronos Group. Most notably, we ...

DirectX has been with us for 25 years, providing developers with the tools to make incredible games. The latest version, DX12 was released in 2015 but in the past couple of years, Microsoft have been ...

Direct Graphics的优秀表现和微软的影响力，令无数硬件厂商生畏并不断遵循其变化来开发新的图形处理器架构。每一代DirectX都会对芯片提出最新要求，而NVIDIA和AMD既是每一代规则的参与制定者，也是实行者，所以这其中的博弈占到了非常明显的作用。 大芯片战略 ...