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Why Microsoft keeps updating DirectX 12 instead of making DirectX 13

2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release ...
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Windows 10 Build 19013 Out With New DirectX 12 Features for Insiders

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 celebrates 10 years of DirectX 12: A decade of updates to the low-level graphics API but it's still not the master of all things rendering

With GPU architectures changing from being entirely graphics-focused and game rendering relying increasingly more on compute shaders, rather than classic vertex and pixel shaders, DirectX12 has gained ...
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Microsoft finally ports DirectX 12 to Windows 7, but only for certain games

Hardware Microsoft celebrates 10 years of DirectX 12: A decade of updates to the low-level graphics API but it's still not the master of all things rendering World of Warcraft WoW devs plan to ...
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Microsoft ports DirectX 12 to Windows 7, giving some older PC games a performance boost

Just in time for Windows 7 to die, Microsoft is porting DirectX 12 to it — on a game-by-game basis. The first game to deliver will be World of Warcraft, with others to follow. Microsoft’s latest ...