NVIDIA has introduced a new beta feature called Auto Shader Compilation, or ASC, through the latest NVIDIA App update, and it targets a familiar pain point in modern PC gaming: long initial loading ...
One of the more interesting details in the update is how messy the job actually sounds. SWTOR says the game may have started in HeroEngine, but after years of changes and upgrades, very little of that ...
DirectX is a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) developed by Microsoft for Windows-based computers. These APIs help developers create video games and multimedia applications by providing ...
Intel has found a way to stop its Arc users staring at loading bars like it is 2012. Last year, Microsoft’s DirectX “AgilitySDK” picked up “Advanced Shader Delivery”, and now Intel is flipping the ...
At GDC 2026 this week, Microsoft, Intel, and Nvidia announced a new method for delivering precompiled shaders as part of game downloads, eliminating the long wait times when gamers first boot up a ...
Microsoft has recently announced PlayFab Foundation Mode, a new initiative designed to expand cross-platform game services. At the same time, during GDC 2026, the company also revealed major machine ...
This year’s GDC is coming to a close today, but not without some end-of-week announcements to talk about. Nvidia has announced a new collaboration to optimize performance through DirectX, specifically ...
Microsoft is bringing its full-screen “Xbox Mode” to every kind of Windows 11 PC, which includes laptops, desktops, and tablets. Now, you have been able to try what was then known as the Xbox Full ...
In context: Shader Execution Reordering significantly reduces the performance cost of ray tracing and path tracing in games such as Alan Wake 2 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on recent Nvidia ...
Microsoft has revealed impressive results after implementing its DirectX Shader Execution Reordering (SER) technology. According to recent tests, this feature has boosted the performance of Intel’s ...
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