After nearly five years of lingering on the same stable release, the next generation of DirectX is finally on its way. But a specter hung over Microsoft’s introduction of DirectX 12 at GDC on Thursday ...

In the world of PC gaming, Microsoft's Direct3D, part of DirectX, has long been the dominant graphics API. Almost all high-profile PC games use DirectX, which is tied exclusively to Windows, making ...

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) ...

And the day has finally come. Despite the fact that AMD's Roy Taylor told us a year ago that there is no such thing as DirectX 12, Microsoft has announced its next generation API. DirectX 12 is in ...

[url=http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=26160097#p26160097:3hrrkas3 said: I was not describing DX11 at all. If you think they're the same, you don't ...

AMD's Mantle is finally ready to break cover and we've got got performance figures to cover a range of scenarios, from multi-GPU configurations to ultra-mobile devices. Is this the leverage AMD has ...

We had a chance to hear about Mantle back in Hawaii, at AMD’s lavish launch event for Hawaii series graphics cards. This was a well kept secret, there were no leaks and AMD managed to keep this ...

AMD’s next-gen R7 and R9 series Radeon graphics cards may have gotten all the attention at the company’s GPU 2014 event this week, but in the long run, a somewhat boring new technical addition may end ...

In a previous article about AMD's Mantle graphics API, we looked at two talks set to be presented at the 2014 Game Developers Conference, one about DirectX and one about OpenGL. The conference has ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Just a few days before it releases Thief, developer Eidos Montreal has announced that the PC version of the game will not support AMD’s ...

Dayvid [/url]":2tj1m38x]It's hard to see much future in mantle given those numbers if it doesn't get support from at least one of NVidia and Intel (which also seems unlikely). The crossfire ...