Minecraft Java recently announced a series of changes, including a much-needed transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. However, the new graphics API will significantly improve performance and graphical ...

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 ...

Minecraft Java has recently announced an array of changes to modernise the game and improve performance. Among others, one of the biggest overhauls is the transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. While this ...

Microsoft has shipped a set of Direct3D 12 upgrades that target one of the most persistent bottlenecks in PC gaming, the cost of real-time ray tracing. The updates, delivered through the DirectX 12 ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's Project Helix Xbox will support both PC and console games, featuring a custom AMD SoC with advanced DirectX and FSR Diamond technology. This enables real-time path tracing and ...

Advanced Shader Delivery to the rescue.

IO Interactive's 007 First Light and Remedy's Control Resonant are the two next big 2026 games to launch with path tracing support on PC.

Microsoft has quietly released its latest DirectX 12 Agility SDK (version 1.619 alongside the 1.719-preview), and while the patch notes are dense with developer jargon, the implications for PC gamers ...

It's now been confirmed that an "alpha" version of the next-gen Project Helix hardware will be shipped to developers in 2027, but there's no word on whether that's early or late in the year — so who ...

Nvidia has touted DLSS 5 as being as big of a leap forward as the programmable shader, which changed video game rendering in 2001.

Advanced Shader Delivery to the rescue.

Dying Light 2's PC specs have been officially released. If you're looking forward to parkouring over the scalps of the undead, here's the hardware you'll need to either just get by or fly high. The ...