Windows 11 auto-updates DirectX via Windows Update—you're likely already on the latest version. To force an update, open Windows Update in the Windows 11 Settings app and click "Check for Updates." ...

2025 marks 10 years after the official launch of DirectX 12 for Windows 10. This came after a relatively frequent release cycle over the years, starting with one of the first ever DirectX showcase ...

If you're on the fence about upgrading to Windows 8 and its formerly-known-as-Metro tablet-style user interface, Microsoft may have just made the decision a little easier. The company has announced ...

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is set to hit the next generation of consoles on April 7, but PC players are set to get the DirectX 11 version of the game first this coming Wednesday. Today, ...

Forget about DirectX 10 and DirectX 10.1, the future of Microsoft's graphics platform for the Windows operating system is DirectX 11. The Redmond giant has certainly kept quiet on DirectX 11, just as ...

We’ve been waiting for the first DirectX 10-capable game to appear, anything really. Windows Vista has been available for almost half a year, and we’ve been wasting our GeForce 8800 GTX’s precious GPU ...

Some players are reporting that they’re getting the annoying DirectX error when playing the new Madden NFL 22. If you’re one of these unfortunate players, you ...

DirectX is an API component, which is an application programming resource package that supports the computer by launching complex functions for playing graphics and other multimedia features such as ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...