DirectX Developer Blog

DirectX 12 Lights Up NVIDIA’s Maxwell Launch

September 18, 2014 Sep 18, 2014 09/18/14

Bryan Langley

Our mission in the DirectX team is to provide the best graphics API in the world and have it work on as many graphics cards as possible.  To do this, we work very closely with game developers and graphics hardware vendors. So, when one of our close partners invites us to an event, we’re always happy to participate.  Last ...

DirectX 12 – High Performance and High Power Savings

August 12, 2014 Aug 12, 2014 08/12/14

Andrew Yeung - MSFT

You probably know that DirectX 12 is designed for performance. What you may not know is that the same design decisions that make DirectX 12 so performant also make it incredibly power efficient.  This allows you to play all of your favorite games on portable devices without having an uncomfortably hot device on your lap or as much of a ...

DirectX 12 Developer Videos

April 15, 2014 Apr 15, 2014 04/15/14

Andrew Yeung - MSFT

DirectX 12 developer session recordings now available! Missed us at GDC and BUILD? Check out the DirectX 12 developer session recordings below to learn more about the API or just watch some cool demos!   DirectX: Evolving Microsoft's Graphics Platform In this session, Anuj Gosalia, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft, along...

DirectX 12

March 20, 2014 Mar 20, 2014 03/20/14

D3D Team

What's the big deal? DirectX 12 introduces the next version of Direct3D, the graphics API at the heart of DirectX.  Direct3D is one of the most critical pieces of a game or game engine, and we’ve redesigned it to be faster and more efficient than ever before.  Direct3D 12 enables richer scenes, more objects, and full ...