So quick question, all the benchmarks I read and all the games I have run either DX9 or DX11. What ever happened to DX10 and DX10.1? Is there a reason those technologies were never really explored?

Microsoft has addressed a known issue causing apps using Direct3D 9 to experience problems after installing April 2022 cumulative updates, including crashes and errors on systems using certain GPUs.

In today’s post, we will attempt to understand why Microsoft DirectX 9 legacy overlay planes don’t work with Miracast displays on Windows 11/10 with Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 2.0 graphics ...

In today’s post, we will provide a description of why video playback may fail when DirectX 9 overlays are required in Windows – and then offer the workaround to resolve the issue. DirectX is a set of ...

Microsoft has announced that its recent Windows 11 update KB5012643, which was already plagued with known issues related to Safe Mode and .NET 3.5, is now causing problems in games and applications ...

Driver update in System Updates. Operating system support: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. This download includes the complete Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK contains all DirectX ...

With New Driver, Intel Arc GPUs Run Older DirectX 9 Games Up to 79% Faster Intel creates a native DirectX 9 implementation for several older games, including CounterStrike: Global Offensive and ...

In context: It shouldn't surprise anyone that Intel's Arc Alchemist GPUs don't come with drivers on the same level as Nvidia and AMD offerings. Team Blue has a lot of catching up to do, and now it's ...

From ATI's Vista Legacy driver page (http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Legacy/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.13&lang=English):<BR ...

It looks like Valve is making some big decisions regarding Counter-Strike 2’s support for legacy software and operating systems, as well as Mac players. In a recent developer update, Valve shared that ...

When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael is reporting on AI, satellites, cybersecurity, PCs, and tech policy.

VMware has introduced a new beta version of Fusion, its virtualization software for Intel-based Macs that lets Macs running Windows and other operating systems without having to reboot first. Fusion 1 ...