Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) was one of the early companies that announced DirectX 12 support, but the company has changed its mind on that API. Instead of using Microsoft's DX12, Star Citizen will use ...

What is a graphics API? API is short for application programming interface. When it comes to video games on the PC, developers almost always use one of the popular APIs to bring the games to life on ...

The new Vulkan API from Khronos officially unveiled today, and it promises to bring low-overhead gaming to mobile developers in a cross-platform, cross-GPU way. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Valheim's bosses aren't the only thing to get a buff in the Viking game's latest update, as the introduction of Vulkan support for Windows players means your gaming PC might see a boost in performance ...

3DMark synthetic GPU benchmarks have been a staple part of the review process here at TweakTown for a long time, and over the years, the two big standout tests have been the DirectX 11-based ...

Red Dead Redemption 2 : DirectX 12 vs Vulkan l 1440p l System: Windows 10 Pro Intel i9 9900k 3.6GHz Asus rog Strix Z390-F ...

Jesse Natalie, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, is working on adding and improving D3D12 compute support in OpenGL through Mesa and hints that future enhancements are in the pipeline. In the ...

In brief: Vulkan has become a strong and popular contender to Microsoft's DirectX 12 graphics API. It's favored by developers (and even players, such as myself) for its superior performance (when well ...

If you’re rocking with an Nvidia graphics card, then the best choice for you to run Baldur’s Gate 3 with will be DirectX 11. This API is much more optimized for Nvidia cards than Vulkan. And while ...

The best choice of Graphics API comes down to two key factors: how old your graphics card is and what kind of visual experience you want to have. In general, DirectX 11 is the best choice for anyone ...