In the late summer of 2014, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 would be rolled out to PC users around the world in the following year. At the same time, it also revealed that the new operating system ...

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19013 (20H1) to Insiders in the Fast ring, bringing new DirectX 12 features and a long list of changes, improvements, and fixes. To see the full ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will ship with the latest version of its dedicated graphics API, DirectX 12. The software is now available for developers to test by signing up to the Windows ...

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Microsoft has debuted the Windows 10 May 2020 update, also known as Windows 10 2004. The update was delayed somewhat thanks to the impact of coronavirus, and certain aspects of it are still in the ...

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

Gamers stubbornly hanging on to Windows 7 and refusing to upgrade to Windows 10 may soon be able to play ray tracing-enabled titles on Microsoft’s older platform. The company is expanding its efforts ...

One of the bigger advantages that Windows 10 boasted over its predecessors, especially for gaming, is that it's the only version of Windows to support the new DirectX 12 runtime. The new version ...

Microsoft has historically helped push adoption of new OSes along by locking gaming features - like new version of DirectX - to the latest version of Windows. DirectX 12 and Windows 10 have been no ...

DirectX 12 works on Windows 7, but that wasn’t always the case. Microsoft originally only supported the newest graphics API on Windows 10 and Windows 8. But the company expanded that to Windows 7 ...

Gamers who remain on Windows 7 can now play World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth with the added boost of DirectX 12. Microsoft announced that Blizzard would be the first game developer to offer ...