Microsoft DirectX 12 Update Could Double Path-Traced Game FPS, Boost Game AI

The latest DirectX release standardizes advanced rendering features key to path-tracing performance and the use of AI in games.
VentureBeat

DirectX 12 Agility SDK enables new graphics features without an OS update

Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to support new DirectX graphical features as they release. To that end, the company revealed the DirectX 12 Agility SDK today. This toolkit enables ...
Neowin

DirectX Raytracing gets performance boost with Opacity Micromaps, now in Agility SDK 1.616

Microsoft has released Agility SDK 1.616, which includes support for Opacity Micromaps (OMM), a new feature in DirectX Raytracing that boosts performance. Back in March at the Game Developers ...
TweakTown

DirectX 12 Agility announced: making it easier for game devs and PC

Microsoft just made it easier for developers to get DX12 features and technologies into their games, for gamers to enjoy, much easier than ever before with the introduction of DirectX 12 Agility.
PC Gamer

Microsoft's plan to get cutting-edge DX12 features out to gamers faster

AI Unity boss who once called out the 'idiocy' of the metaverse now says his company's new AI tech 'will enable developers to prompt full casual games into existence with natural language only' ...
TechSpot

Microsoft's new DirectX 12 Agility SDK opens the door to direct CPU VRAM access

Why it matters: On Thursday, Microsoft's Agility SDK development team announced the preview release of Agility SDK version 1.7.10.0. The new version brings developers two new features, GPU upload ...