If you're on the fence about upgrading to Windows 8 and its formerly-known-as-Metro tablet-style user interface, Microsoft may have just made the decision a little easier. The company has announced ...

If you like keeping current with your DirectX version and happen to dislike Windows 8, you're going to be finding yourself in a bit of a bind. Despite having shipped alongside Windows 8, DirectX 11.1 ...

There will indeed be another version of the DirectX application programming language (API), though Windows 7 users won't be invited to the party. Neither will Windows 8 users, for the matter.

Within Microsoft’s latest Windows 8.1 Preview, the company has rolled out a new version of its DirectX 11.2 software, which brings a host of new features to improve performance in your games and ...

Microsoft has detailed all of the changes made with DirectX 11.1, and even though there aren't too many worth writing about, there's one new feature that is: native support for stereoscopic 3D. Gone ...

Windows GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!' Hardware Gaming on Linux just got a bump with new Wine 11 improvements that'll make for a ...

The latest flavor of the API suite that enables 3D animation and other multimedia effects remains exclusive to Windows 8 as Microsoft has no plans to port it over to Windows 7. Lance Whitney is a ...

Just picked up a new PNY GeForce 4 ti4200 AGP card for a new workstation I'm putting together. I plan on installing Win2k (w/SP3) so I'll need to manually install DirectX 8.1. However, on the PNY CD ...

DirectX 11.1, the next version of Microsoft's set of multimedia application programming interfaces, is exclusive to Windows 8, according to a forum post from a Microsoft employee, reports Neowin.

Hi,<P>I recently installed DirectX 8.1 beta in hopes that it would solve some minor problems i'd been experiencing.<BR>Silly me.<P>Now the beta announces everytime I use an app that used DirectDraw ...

Today at its Build conference, Microsoft detailed the new DirectX 11.2 for Windows 8.1. The various visual enhancements will be available to developers, and will be available for both PC and Xbox One ...