Most of the focus at Nvidia's Games Developers Conference (GDC) event has been focused on DirectX, but a rare three-way presentation between Nvidia, Intel, and AMD has emphasized that Microsoft's API ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

Most development effort in graphics drivers these days, whether you're talking about Nvidia, Intel, or AMD, is focused on new APIs like DirectX 12 or Vulkan, increasingly advanced upscaling ...

this didn't used to happen to me. i'm not sure what it is i've done... i've got directx8 on windows 2000, and timedemos in directx for action halflife and cs are visibly slower than their opengl ...

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You don't necessarily need to upgrade your GPU for better gaming performance. On the software side, game patches and driver tuning can increase frame rates as well ...

The Khronos Group today announced the final specifications for the latest OpenGL release. Version 4.1 of the open graphics spec looks to be aimed at moving ahead of its main competitor, DirectX 11.